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{
"form": "A.M.A.",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "A. M. A.",
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"alternative"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
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{
"sense": "against medical advice",
"word": "DAMA"
},
{
"sense": "against medical advice",
"word": "LAMA"
}
],
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"word": "against medical advice"
}
],
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"en:Medicine"
],
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"Initialism of against medical advice."
],
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[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"against",
"against#English"
],
[
"medical",
"medical#English"
],
[
"advice",
"advice#English"
]
],
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"(medicine) Initialism of against medical advice."
],
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"tags": [
"alternative"
],
"word": "A.M.A."
},
{
"tags": [
"alternative"
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"word": "A. M. A."
},
{
"tags": [
"alternative"
],
"word": "a.m.a."
},
{
"tags": [
"alternative"
],
"word": "a. m. a."
},
{
"tags": [
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"word": "ama"
}
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"audio": "En-au-AMA.ogg",
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}
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}
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