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collagen
[ kol-uh-juhn ]
noun
, Biochemistry.
- any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
collagen
/ ˈkɒlədʒən; kəˈlædʒənəs; ˌkɒləˈdʒɛnɪk /
noun
- a fibrous scleroprotein of connective tissue and bones that is rich in glycine and proline and yields gelatine on boiling
collagen
/ kŏl′ə-jən /
- Any of various tough, fibrous proteins found in bone, cartilage, skin, and other connective tissue. Collagens have great tensile strength, and provide these body structures with the ability to withstand forces that stretch them. Collagens consist of three polypeptide chains arranged in a triple helix, and are bundled together in fibers. When boiled in water, collagen is converted into gelatin.
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Derived Forms
- collagenic, adjective
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Other Words From
- col·lag·e·nous [k, uh, -, laj, -, uh, -n, uh, s], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of collagen1
C19: from Greek kolla glue + -gen
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Example Sentences
At one point, I was encased in a jelly-green-tea collagen mask, which was awesome.
From The Daily Beast
Because “human-engineered collagen” is clearly the path to a better sex life.
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As goatskins are so tight fibred, a longer liming and a greater loss of collagen is permissible than with most pelts for chrome.
From Project Gutenberg
By boiling with water, dilute acids or dilute alkalies, collagen is split up into gelatin or glutin.
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