COAGULEN
\kə͡ʊˈaɡjʊlən], \kəʊˈaɡjʊlən], \k_əʊ_ˈa_ɡ_j_ʊ_l_ə_n]\
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Trade name of a white powder obtained by the fractional centrifugation of animal blood, supposed to possess in concentrated form the coagulation-stimulating properties of the platelets; it is employed externally, in a 10 per cent. solution in physiological salt solution, as a hemostatic.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop