Definitions for collagen

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collagen col·la·gen

Spelling: [kol-uh-juh n]

IPA: /ˈkɒl ə dʒən/

Collagen is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 252 anagrams from letters in collagen (acegllno).

Definitions for collagen

noun

1. any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.

Origin of collagen

1860-65; Greek kólla glue + -gen

Examples for collagen

As goatskins are so tight fibred, a longer liming and a greater loss of collagen is permissible than with most pelts for chrome.

By boiling with water, dilute acids or dilute alkalies, collagen is split up into gelatin or glutin.