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Definition of Coacervate

1. a. Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped.

2. v. t. To heap up; to pile.

Definition of Coacervate

1. Adjective. (obsolete) Clumped together, clustered. ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) The microsphere droplet that result from coacervation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coacervate

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Coacervate

1. Colloidal aggregation containing a mixture of organic compounds. One theory of the evolution of life is that the formation of coacervates in the primeval soup was a step towards the development of cells. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Coacervate

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1. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"Co. (L. prefix, a modification of cum, with.) In compound words, together with. Cny'ma. (Ki/u/ia. from «>vu.) Itching. coacervate. ..."

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