COLLAGEN


Meaning of COLLAGEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkä-lə-jən ]

noun

Etymology: Greek kolla + International Scientific Vocabulary -gen

Date: circa 1865

: any of a group of fibrous proteins that occur in vertebrates as the chief constituent of connective tissue fibrils and in bones and yield gelatin and glue upon boiling with water

• col·lag·e·nous kə-ˈla-jə-nəs adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.