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col⋅la⋅gen

  [kol-uh-juhn]
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–noun Biochemistry.
any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, esp. 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.
Origin:
1860–65; < Gk kólla glue + -gen

Related forms:
col⋅lag⋅e⋅nous  [kuh-laj-uh-nuhs] , adjective
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col·la·gen   (kŏl'ə-jən)   
n.  The fibrous protein constituent of bone, cartilage, tendon, and other connective tissue. It is converted into gelatin by boiling.

[Greek kolla, glue + -gen.]
col'la·gen'ic (-jěn'ĭk), col·lag'e·nous (kə-lāj'ə-nəs) adj.
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collagen 
c.1865, from Fr. collagène, from Gk. kolla "glue."
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Main Entry: col·la·gen
Pronunciation: 'käl-&-j&n
Function: noun
: an insoluble fibrous protein of vertebrates that is the chiefconstituent of the fibrils of connective tissue (as in skin and tendons) and of the organic substance of bones and yields gelatin and glue on prolonged heating with water —col·la·gen·ic /"käl-&-'jen-ik/ adjective —col·lag·e·nous /k&-'laj-&-n&s/ adjective
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collagen col·la·gen (kŏl'ə-jən)
n.
The fibrous protein constituent of bone, cartilage, tendon, and other connective tissue that converts into gelatin by boiling.

collagenous col·lag·e·nous (kə-lāj'ə-nəs)
adj.
Producing or containing collagen.

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collagen   (kŏl'ə-jən)  Pronunciation Key 
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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