Hypertext Webster Gateway: "collagen"
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) 1.7 (wn)
collagen
n : a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and
other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
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