collagen

collagen is a 8-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 16 · 2 senses

Definitions

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

Common word forms

collagens, collagenous

Words from these letters

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