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collagenous

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collagenous /col·lag·e·nous/ (kah-laj´ah-nus) pertaining to, forming, or producing collagen.
col·lag·e·nous (k-lj-ns)
adj.
Producing or containing collagen.

collagenous
made of collagen.

collagenous nevus
see nevus.
collagenous tissue
composed of collagen, reticular and elastic fibers; may be loose or dense; the latter may be regular or irregular.

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The stroma of fibrous dysplasia is more collagenous, less vascular, and less cellular than that of ossifying fibroma; the stroma of ossifying fibroma is made up of cellular connective tissue with varying degrees of both osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity.
The paucity of in vivo studies is in contrast to a number of in vitro studies on the effect of insonation on collagenous tissue extensibility, usually of rat tail tendon.
 
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