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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) collagen
a strongly fibrous protein that is abundant in bone, tendons, cartilage, and connective tissue, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.

Etymology: (1860–65; < Gk kólla glue + -gen)

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1. (noun) collagen
a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) collagen
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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U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. collagen
A polypeptide substance comprising about one third of the total protein in mammalian organisms. It is the main constituent of SKIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; and the organic substance of bones (BONE AND BONES) and teeth (TOOTH).

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