▪ I. coagulant, n.
(kəʊˈægjʊlənt)
[ad. L. coāgulānt-em, pr. pple. of coāgulāre to coagulate; (or a. F. coagulant) see -ant1.]
A coagulating agent, as rennet.
| 1770 Hewson in Phil. Trans. LX. 379 The air is a strong coagulent of the blood. 1883 Gentl. Mag. July 100 Attempts to supersede the animal coagulant by using vegetable and mineral acids, alum, etc., have failed. |
▪ II. coˈagulant, a.
[f. the n.]
That causes to congeal or coagulate.
| 1937 Times 22 July 9/1 The local application of coagulant snake venoms was the only new treatment whose value had been confirmed. |