BLOOD COAGULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood coagulation mean? 

• BLOOD COAGULATION (noun)
  The noun BLOOD COAGULATION has 1 sense:

1. a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)

  Familiarity information: BLOOD COAGULATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD COAGULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

blood clotting; blood coagulation

Hypernyms ("blood coagulation" is a kind of...):

clotting; coagulation; curdling (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes coagulation factor VII protein, plays a role in homeostasis and blood coagulation.

(F7 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays an important role in blood coagulation.

(F8 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes coagulation factor VIII protein, is involved in the intrinsic blood coagulation pathway.

(F8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes tissue factor protein, is involved in the initiation of blood coagulation cascades.

(F3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the blood coagulation process by initiating blood coagulation cascades.

(F3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Blood coagulation takes place in 3 essential phases.

(Extrinsic Prothrombin Activation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This allele, which encodes coagulation factor X protein, plays a role in both proteolysis and blood coagulation.

(F10 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in blood coagulation and fibrinolysis.

(F12 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the regulation of blood coagulation and is modulated by Ca+2 ions, membrane phospholipids, and factor VIII.

(F9 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes coagulation factor IX protein, plays a role in the intrinsic blood coagulation cascade.

(F9 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)