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"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"word": "コラーゲン"
},
{
"alt": "こうげんしつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kōgenshitsu",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"word": "膠原質"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"word": "weu pūmua"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"lang_code": "fa-ira",
"roman": "kolâžen",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"word": "کُلاژِن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kolagen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "colágeno"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "colagénio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "colagen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "kollagén",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "коллаге́н"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kolagén"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colágeno"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"word": "kolajeni"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kollagen"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "kɔn-laa-jên",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"word": "คอลลาเจน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "glycoprotein that forms elongated fibers",
"word": "kolajen"
}
],
"word": "collagen"
}
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