tropocollagen

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noun

A component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other.

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Meanings

nountropocollagen (countable and uncountable, plural tropocollagens)

plural tropocollagens

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryA component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other.

Origin

From tropo- + collagen.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

protocollagen
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APA

tropocollagen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tropocollagen

MLA

“tropocollagen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tropocollagen. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tropocollagen,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tropocollagen.

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