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coagulum /co·ag·u·lum/ (ko-ag´u-lum) pl. coa´gula   [L.] clot (1).
co·ag·u·lum (k-gy-lm)
n. pl. co·ag·u·la (-l)
1. A clot; a curd.
2. A soft insoluble mass formed when a sol or liquid is coagulated.

clot [klot]
1. a semisolidified mass, as of blood or lymph; called also coagulum.
2. coagulate. See also clotting.
blood clot a coagulum in the blood stream formed of an aggregation of blood factors, primarily platelets, and fibrin with entrapment of cellular elements; see also thrombus. Some authorities differentiate thrombus formation from simple coagulation or clot formation. Called also cruor.

coagulum
pl. coagula [L.] a clot.


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Good PUDs were defined as those that formed satisfactory dispersions, with minimal amounts of coagulum remaining in the reactor vessel or on the stirrer.
Fibrin is a whitish, filamentous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and makes up part of coagulum or blood clots.
 
 
 
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