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],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "magnetodynamic"
}
],
"categories": [
"English abbreviations"
],
"glosses": [
"Abbreviation of magnetodynamic."
],
"links": [
[
"magnetodynamic",
"magnetodynamic#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"initialism"
],
"word": "M.D."
},
{
"tags": [
"initialism"
],
"word": "M. D."
}
],
"word": "MD"
}
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