English edit

Etymology edit

collagen +‎ -ization

Noun edit

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[1], volume 15, →DOI:
      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.