colágeno

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: co‧lá‧ge‧no

Noun

colágeno m (plural colágenos)

  1. (biochemistry) collagen (glycoprotein that forms elongated fibres)
    Synonym: colagénio

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French collagène, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) and -geno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈlaxeno/
  • Rhymes: -axeno
  • Syllabification: co‧lá‧ge‧no

Adjective

colágeno (feminine colágena, masculine plural colágenos, feminine plural colágenas)

  1. collagenic

Noun

colágeno m (plural colágenos)

  1. (biochemistry) collagen

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