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coagulation

In biology, another term for blood clotting, the process by which bleeding is stopped in the body.



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Thus, the coagulation cascade and the fibrinolytic systems are functionally separate.
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Two of the new proteins thwart clotting by binding to and inactivating factor Xa; the third protein stymies factor VIIa and "inhibits the initiation of the entire coagulation cascade," says Vlasuk.
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Upon contact with a bleeding surface, the matrix hydrates and the fibrinogen-thrombin reaction initiates the key step in the coagulation cascade.
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