collageen

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔlaːˈɣeːn/
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  • Hyphenation: col‧la‧geen
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

collageen n (uncountable)

  1. collagen
    • 1855, H. J. Halbertsma, Bijdrage tot de ziektekundige ontleedkunde der tanden, publ. by C. G. van der Post, page 14.
      De zeer onregelmatige oppervlakte onderscheidt zich van het dieper gelegene gedeelte door de mindere hardheid en door de gelijkenis op collageen, zoodat men met het mes fragmenten van dezelve kan afsnijden.
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Adjective

collageen (not comparable)

  1. collagenic

Declension

Declension of collageen
uninflected collageen
inflected collagene
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial collageen
indefinite m./f. sing. collagene
n. sing. collageen
plural collagene
definite collagene
partitive collageens