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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "atrofuvátysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) wither or waste away",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "атрофува́тися"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "atrofírovatʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) cause to waste away",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "атрофи́ровать"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "atrofuváty",
"sense": "(transitive) cause to waste away",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "атрофува́ти"
}
],
"word": "atrophy"
}
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