collagenization

English

Etymology

collagen +‎ -ization

Noun

collagenization (usually uncountable, plural collagenizations)

  1. The formation of collagen, especially the replacement of normal tissue with collagen
    • 2015 July 8, Kyungjin Lee et al., “Effect of Ampelopsis Radix on wound healing in scalded rats”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine‎, volume 15, DOI:10.1186/s12906-015-0751-z:
      Tissue samples were evaluated for the following histological criteria: extent of re-epithelialization, maturation and organization of the epidermis, granulation tissue formation, collagenization, and inflammatory cells and scar formation in the dermis.
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