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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "তন্তুসদৃশ বস্তু"
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "ခရိုမိုဆုမ်း"
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "染色體"
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"roman": "niēng sáik tā̤",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "染色体"
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"roman": "ngiam-set-thí",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "染色體"
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"roman": "rǎnsètǐ",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "染色体"
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
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"word": "chromozom"
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "kromosomi"
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
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"word": "chromosome"
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kromosoma",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "ქრომოსომა"
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
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"word": "Chromosom"
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"roman": "chromósoma",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "गुणसूत्र"
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"word": "染色体"
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"word": "ក្រូម៉ូសូម"
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "염색체"
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "ກະໂລໂມຊົມ"
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"word": "رنگین تن"
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"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "ਗੁਣਸੂਤਰ"
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"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "chembeuzi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kromosom"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "kromosoma"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xromosoma",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "хромосома"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "niṟappuri",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "நிறப்புரி"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "niṟamūrttam",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "நிறமூர்த்தம்"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vārasavāhika",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "వారసవాహిక"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kroo-moo-soom",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "โครโมโซม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "kromozom"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xromosóma",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "хромосо́ма"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "xromosoma"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "chất sinh sắt"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "nhiểm sắc thể"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "kromosom"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cromosom"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "gromosoom"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "khromosom",
"sense": "structure in the cell nucleus",
"word": "כראָמאָסאָם"
}
],
"word": "chromosome"
}
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