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Collagen : (noun)
1: a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and
other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Collagen : Collagen: Collagen is the principal protein of the skin, tendons, cartilage, bone and connective tissue.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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