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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "epigenetic m or n (feminine singular epigenetică, masculine plural epigenetici, feminine and neuter plural epigenetice)",
"name": "ro-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ro-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Romanian adjectives",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian terms borrowed from French",
"Romanian terms derived from French"
],
"glosses": [
"epigenetic"
],
"links": [
[
"epigenetic",
"epigenetic#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "epigenetic"
}
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