coágulo

See also: coagulo, coaguló, and coagulò

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin coagulum. Doublet of the inherited coalho.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈa.ɡu.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈa.ɡu.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈa.ɡu.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.ɡu.lu/ [ˈkwa.ɣu.lu]

• Hyphenation: co‧á‧gu‧lo

Noun

coágulo m (plural coágulos)

1. curd; clot (coagulated part of any liquid)

   Synonym: coalho

2. (strictly, hematology) blood clot

   Synonym: trombo

Related terms

• coagulação
• coagulante
• coagular
• coagulase
• coagulograma
• coagulopatia

 

Further reading

• “coágulo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “coágulo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “coágulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coāgulum. Doublet of the inherited cuajo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈaɡulo/ [koˈa.ɣ̞u.lo]
• Rhymes: -aɡulo
• Syllabification: co‧á‧gu‧lo

Noun

coágulo m (plural coágulos)

1. clot
2. blood clot

Related terms

• coagular
• coagularse
• cuajo

 

Further reading

• “coágulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28