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"text": "education + -ma- → edumacation",
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"text": "alcohol + -ma- → alcamahol",
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},
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"text": "saxophone + -ma- → saxomaphone",
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"Adds ironic pseudo-sophistication to an existing word."
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"(humorous) Adds ironic pseudo-sophistication to an existing word."
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"a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -mar-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation"
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"(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -mar-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation"
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"-mar-",
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],
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