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tropocollagen

tropocollagen noun: a component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other.

Noun

tropocollagen (countable and uncountable, plural tropocollagens)

  1. A component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other.

Forms of tropocollagen

pluraltropocollagens

Origin of tropocollagen

From tropo- + collagen.

Questions about tropocollagen

What does tropocollagen mean?
Tropocollagen means a component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other.
What part of speech is tropocollagen?
Tropocollagen is a noun.
What is the plural of tropocollagen?
The plural of tropocollagen is tropocollagens.

Words near tropocollagen in the dictionary

  1. tropitid
  2. tropitids
  3. tropitrabic
  4. tropo
  5. tropo-
  6. tropocollagen
  7. tropocollagens
  8. tropodithietic acid
  9. tropoelastin
  10. tropoelastins
  11. tropologic

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