'Collagen' definitions:
Definition of 'collagen'
From: WordNet
noun
A fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
Definition of 'Collagen'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]