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Collagen

Collagen Meaning & Definition
Collagen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Collagen?

[n] a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling

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See Also | albuminoid | bone | cartilage | connective tissue | gristle | os | scleroprotein | sinew | tendon

Collagen In Webster's Dictionary

\Col"la*gen\, n. [Gr. ko`lla glue + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) 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.

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