Definition of Collagenous

1. Adjective. Relating to or consisting of collagen.

Exact synonyms: Collagenic
Partainyms: Collagen, Collagen
Derivative terms: Collagen, Collagen

Definition of Collagenous

1. a. Containing or resembling collagen.

Definition of Collagenous

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or resembling collagen ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collagenous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Collagenous

1. Producing or containing collagen. Synonym: collagenic. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collagenous

collagen
collagen-vascular diseases
collagen diseases
collagen fibre
collagen fibrils
collagen injection
collagen telopeptidase
collagenase
collagenase A
collagenases
collagenation
collagenic
collagenization
collagenolytic
collagenosis
collagenous (current term)
collagenous pneumoconiosis
collagens
collages
collagey
collagic
collaging
collagist
collagists
collagraphy
collapsable
collapsar
collapsars
collapse

Literary usage of Collagenous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"22 June 1970 Echinoid Skeleton: Absence of a collagenous Matrix Abstract. ... The structural role of a collagenous matrix in the calcified tissues of ..."

2. Practical Handbook of the Pathology of the Skin: An Introduction to the by John MacLeod Hendrie MacLeod (1903)
"They are frequently so close to each other that in sections where the collagenous bundles are cut transversely the elastic fibres appear to form a membrane ..."

3. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin: For the Use of Students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1915)
"In a histological study of diffuse scleroderma, Unna found the main process to be an hypertrophy of preexisting collagenous bundles, affecting equally all ..."

4. The Chemical News (1860)
"The collagenous cartilage obtained by the action of hydrochloric acid upon bones appear, in fact, to differ essentially from ..."

5. A Course in Normal Histology: A Guide for Practical Instruction in Histology by Rudolf Krause, Phillip J.R. Schmahl (1913)
"The nuclei will take the red, the collagenous tissue a bluish black, and the erythrocytes the yellow stain. The Lymph-Gland. ..."

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