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collagen
[kol-uh-juhn]
noun
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.
collagen
/ ˈkɒlədʒən, ˌkɒləˈdʒɛnɪk, kəˈlædʒənəs /
noun
a fibrous scleroprotein of connective tissue and bones that is rich in glycine and proline and yields gelatine on boiling
collagen
Any of various tough, fibrous proteins found in bone, cartilage, skin, and other connective tissue. Collagens have great tensile strength, and provide these body structures with the ability to withstand forces that stretch them. Collagens consist of three polypeptide chains arranged in a triple helix, and are bundled together in fibers. When boiled in water, collagen is converted into gelatin.
Other 51Թ Forms
- collagenous adjective
- collagenic adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of collagen1
Example Sentences
“A lot of the laser treatments that we do, which are FDA-cleared for things like collagen stimulation and resurfacing of the skin, are actually much more cost-effective.”
In 2020 she received baby face collagen injections - designed to make the face appear more plump - from an unlicensed clinic opened by a close friend.
I’d want her to take vitamin D supplements and collagen as a routine.
"This allows new blood vessels and skin cells to be formed, along with more collagen and elastin," he tells the BBC.
They produce and organize the so-called extracellular matrix, a network of proteins such as collagen, which makes the tissue stable and elastic, but also perform many other tasks.
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