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collagenous

/kəˈlæd͡ʒɪnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
col-lage-nous
IPA
/kəˈlæd͡ʒɪnəs/
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or resembling collagen.

Etymology

Etymology tree English collagen Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English collagenous From collagen + -ous.

Derived Forms

extracollagenous fibrocollagenous noncollagenous

Synonyms

collagenic

Questions

How do you pronounce collagenous?
The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈlæd͡ʒɪnəs/.
What does collagenous mean?
Of, pertaining to, or resembling collagen.
Where does collagenous come from?
Etymology tree English collagen Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English collagenous From collagen + -ous.

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