collagen

See also: Collagen and col·lagen

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): /ˈkɒləd͡ʒən/, /ˈkɒləd͡ʒɪn/

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Noun

collagen (countable and uncountable, plural collagens)

1. (biochemistry) Any of more than 28 types of glycoprotein that form elongated fibers, usually found in the extracellular matrix of connective tissue.
   • 1843, R. F. Marchand, “On the Chemical Composition of the Bones”, in The Chemist, volume 4, page 57:

     Science cannot yet account for the conversion of collagen into gelatin.

Derived terms

• atelocollagen
• azocollagen
• collagenase
• collagenation
• collagen disease
• collageneous
• collagenic
• collagenization
• collagenolysis
• collagenolytic
• collagenoma
• collagenopathy
• collagenosis
• collagenous
• minicollagen
• procollagen
• protocollagen
• tropocollagen

 

Translations

glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers

• Arabic: كولاجين m
• Catalan: col·lagen (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膠原蛋白／胶原蛋白 (zh) (jiāoyuán dànbái)

• Czech: kolagen (cs) m
• Dutch: collageen (nl) n
• Finnish: kollageeni (fi)
• French: collagène (fr) m
• Galician: coláxeno m
• German: Kollagen (de) n
• Greek: κολλαγόνο (el) n (kollagóno)
• Italian: collagene (it) m, collageno m
• Japanese: コラーゲン (korāgen), 膠原質 (こうげんしつ, kōgenshitsu)
• Portuguese: colágeno (pt) m (Brazil), colagénio m (Portugal)
• Romanian: colagen (ro) n
• Russian: коллаге́н (ru) m (kollagén)
• Spanish: colágeno m
• Swedish: kollagen (sv) n
• Thai: คอลลาเจน (kɔn-laa-jên)