Definitions for: Collagen

[n] a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: albuminoid, bone, cartilage, connective tissue, gristle, os, scleroprotein, sinew, tendon