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Webster 1913 Edition

Collagen

Col′la-gen

,

Noun.

[Gr.

κόλλα

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.

Definition 2024

Collagen

Collagen

See also: collagen

German

Noun

Collagen

Alternative spelling of Kollagen
plural of Collage

collagen

collagen

See also: Collagen

English

Noun

collagen ‎(plural collagens)

(biochemistry) Any of more than 28 types of glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers, usually found in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue.

Translations

glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers

Chinese:
Mandarin: 膠原蛋白 (zh), 胶原蛋白 (zh) ‎(jiāoyuándànbái)
Czech: kolagen m
Dutch: collageen (nl) n
Finnish: kollageeni (fi)
French: collagène (fr) m

Galician: coláxeno m
German: Kollagen (de) n
Greek: κολλαγόνο (el) n ‎(kollagóno)
Japanese: コラーゲン ‎(korāgen), 膠原質 ‎(こうげんしつ, kōgenshitsu)
Portuguese: colágeno (pt) m
Russian: коллаге́н (ru) m ‎(kollagén)
Spanish: colágeno m
Swedish: kollagen (sv) n