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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a class of generally insoluble proteins, such as collagen, found especially in skeletal and connective tissue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A term suggested to designate the albuminoids which occur widely distributed in the skeletal tissues of the animal organism.
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- noun biochemistry Any of many
fibrous proteins found inconnective tissue etc
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- noun a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye
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It is a scleroprotein present largely in cuticular structures such as hair, nails, horn.
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