COLLAGEN

collagen

(noun) a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

collagen (countable and uncountable, plural collagens)

(biochemistry) Any of more than 28 types of glycoprotein that form elongated fibers, usually found in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue.

Source: Wiktionary


Col"la*gen, n. Etym: [Gr. -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Definition: The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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