collagen

See also: Collagen

English

Etymology

From French collagène, coined from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) and -γενής (-genḗs, “-forming”) (see -gen); it is the main substance that animal glues are derived from.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɒlədʒən/, /ˈkɒlədʒɪn/

Noun

collagen (countable and uncountable, plural collagens)

(biochemistry) Any of more than 28 types of glycoprotein that form elongated fibers, usually found in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue.

Derived terms

Translations

glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers

Catalan: col·lagen m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 膠原蛋白 (zh), 胶原蛋白 (zh) (jiāoyuán dànbái)
Czech: kolagen m
Dutch: collageen (nl) n
Finnish: kollageeni (fi)
French: collagène (fr) m
Galician: coláxeno m

German: Kollagen (de) n
Greek: κολλαγόνο (el) n (kollagóno)
Japanese: コラーゲン (korāgen), 膠原質 (こうげんしつ, kōgenshitsu)
Portuguese: colágeno (pt) m
Russian: коллаге́н (ru) m (kollagén)
Spanish: colágeno m
Swedish: kollagen (sv) n

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