Thesaurus: 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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- n. 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.
- n. a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
- 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.
- The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendonsor sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin orglue.
- n:100 n. a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling