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"sense": "painkiller",
"word": "fentanil"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "fentaníl",
"sense": "painkiller",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фентані́л"
}
],
"word": "fentanyl"
}
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