collagen Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling

WordNet

Col"la*gen noun
Etymology
Gr. glue + -gen.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913