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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "state of being dilated",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dilatación"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "process",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state of being dilated",
"word": "tágulás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state of being dilated",
"word": "kitágulás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "result",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "state of being dilated",
"word": "tágulat"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "state of being dilated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leathadh"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state of being dilated",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dilatação"
}
],
"word": "dilation"
}
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