Recoagulate

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To undergo a process of clotting or thickening a second time after having been in a liquid state
2. To cause a substance to clot or solidify once more after it has been liquefied or dispersed
3. To form solid particles or a gel from a liquid solution anew following a previous coagulation

Etymology: "Recoagulate" is simply "re-" attached to "coagulate," so the story is in the base word. "Coagulate" comes from the Latin "coagulare," meaning to curdle or cause to clot, built from "cum" (together) and "agere" (to drive or set in motion). Its earliest English sense was tied to curdling milk and clotting blood, and the image of substances drawing together into a solid mass has stayed with the word since. The prefix "re-" adds the idea of doing something again. So "recoagulate" describes a substance that has clotted, been broken apart or liquefied, and then clotted once more. The formation is transparent, and the word appears mainly in technical or descriptive writing about blood, proteins, and other colloids.

Synonyms: recoagulate