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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cell biology: ceasing to divide by mitosis",
"word": "vanheneminen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "girasmós",
"sense": "cell biology: ceasing to divide by mitosis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "γηρασμός"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "starost",
"sense": "gerontology: old age",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "старост"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "gerontology: old age",
"word": "vanhuus"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gíras",
"sense": "gerontology: old age",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "γήρας"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gerontology: old age",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "senescenza"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "piri",
"sense": "gerontology: old age",
"word": "پیری"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "botany: fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit",
"word": "kypsyminen"
}
],
"word": "senescence"
}
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