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"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "osobowość chwiejna emocjonalnie typu borderline"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "transtorno de personalidade limítrofe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "transtorno de personalidade borderline"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pograničnoje rasstrojstvo ličnosti",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пограничное расстройство личности"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trastorno límite de la personalidad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trastorno de personalidad limítrofe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trastorno de personalidad fronteriza"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "sınırda kişilik bozukluğu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "borderline kişilik bozukluğu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "sınır kişilik bozukluğu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "rối loạn nhân cách ranh giới"
}
],
"word": "borderline personality disorder"
}
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