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English Dictionary: Collagen by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collagen
n
  1. a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
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.
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