flocculation

flocculation
Precipitation from solution in the form of fleecy masses; the process of becoming flocculent. SYN: flocculence.

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n.
a reaction in which normally invisible material leaves solution to form a coarse suspension or precipitate as a result of a change in physical or chemical conditions. See also agglutination.

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floc·cu·la·tion (flok″u-laґshən) 1. the formation of lumpy or fluffy masses. 2. a colloid phenomenon in which the disperse phase separates in discrete, usually visible, fleecy particles rather than in a continuous mass, as in coagulation.

Flocculation and segmentation of barium with mild dilatation of the bowel in a small bowel series in a child with celiac disease.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

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