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Definition of Curdling
1. Noun. The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid.
Specialized synonyms: Blood Clotting, Blood Coagulation, Thermocoagulation
Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
Derivative terms: Clot, Clot, Clot, Coagulate, Coagulate, Curdle, Curdle, Curdle
Definition of Curdling
1. Verb. (present participle of curdle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Curdling
1. curdle [v] - See also: curdle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curdling
Literary usage of Curdling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"curdling therefore according to this result appears to be the splitting up by a
ferment of a more complex body; and it is interesting to observe, ..."
2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1881)
"In the course of my experiments on pancreatic extract, I made the unexpected
observation that the pancreas also contained an agent capable of curdling milk. ..."
3. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1893)
"IL] THE MILK-curdling ENZYME. 5. Action of Pepsin and Hydrochloric Acid on Keratin
and Chitin. The keratin- and chitin-yielding structures are not attacked ..."
4. Food Industries: An Elementary Text-book on the Production and Manufacture by Hermann Theodore Vulté, Sadie Bird Vanderbilt (1914)
"Among the more important properties of the proteins are solubility, curdling,
coagulation and clotting. Solubility.—Albumin is soluble in cold water; ..."
5. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles Edward Marshall (1911)
"The curdling may be accomplished by allowing the milk to undergo acid fermentation,
either spontaneously through the action of the normal flora of the milk, ..."
6. Clinical diagnosis: The Bacteriological, Chemical and Microscopical Evidence by Rudolf Jaksch von Wartenhorst (1893)
"For further details the reader is referred to the original communication. 2.
Milk-curdling Ferment. — This ferment was first investigated by Hammarsten. ..."
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