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collagen |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Collagen \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: collagen n : a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
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