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collagene

collagene is the obsolete form of collagen.

Meaning of collagen

Noun

collagen (countable and uncountable, plural collagens)

  1. The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals.
    • Science cannot yet account for the conversion of collagen into gelatin.1843, R. F. Marchand, “On the Chemical Composition of the Bones”, in The Chemist, volume 4, page 57

Forms of collagene

pluralcollagenes

Questions about collagene

What is collagene the obsolete form of?
Collagene is the obsolete form of collagen.

Words near collagene in the dictionary

  1. collagen diseases
  2. collagenase
  3. collagenases
  4. collagenated
  5. collagenation
  6. collagene
  7. collageneous
  8. collagenes
  9. collagenesis
  10. collagenic
  11. collagenisation

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