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"9": "",
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],
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"Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"Terms with Belarusian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
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"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latvian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Odia translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Tamil translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
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"ref": "2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 310:",
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"hormone",
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[
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[
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[
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"ipa": "/ˌmɛləˈtoʊnɪn/"
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"audio": "En-melatonin.oga",
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "melatonin",
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"word": "մելատոնին"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "hormone",
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{
"code": "be",
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"sense": "hormone",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "мелатані́н"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melatonina"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuìhēisù",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "褪黑素"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "melatonin"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "melatonine"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "melatoniini"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mélatonine"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "melaṭonini",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "მელატონინი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Melatonin"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "melatoníni",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μελατονίνη"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "melatonin"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meileatoinin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melatonina"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "meratonin",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "メラトニン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mellatonin",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "멜라토닌"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melatonīns"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "melāṭonina",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "ମେଲାଟୋନିନ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "ملاتونین"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melatonina"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "melatonín",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мелатони́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melatonina"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "melatonin"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "melaṭṭōṉiṉ",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "மெலட்டோனின்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "เมลาโทนิน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hormone",
"word": "melatonin"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "melatonín",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melatonin"
}
],
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"melatonin"
],
"word": "melatonin"
}
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