how to pronounce collagen

/ˈkɑːləɡən/

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collagen is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of collagen in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… implants are often collagen based so …”

meaning of collagen

Collagen is a protein that is found in the skin, bones, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage.

collagen frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word collagen occurs in english on average 0.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics collagen can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that collagen can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;