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"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
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"word": "伝統医学"
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"roman": "janapada vaidya",
"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
"word": "ಜನಪದ ವೈದ್ಯ"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeontong'uihak",
"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
"word": "전통의학"
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"word": "پزیشکی کۆن"
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"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
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"roman": "nāṭṭuvaidyaṁ",
"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
"word": "നാട്ടുവൈദ്യം"
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"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
"word": "طب سنتی"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
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"word": "medycyna tradycyjna"
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"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
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"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "ravāitī davāīā̃",
"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
"word": "ਰਵਾਇਤੀ ਦਵਾਈਆਂ"
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"word": "medicină populară"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naródnaja medicína",
"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
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"feminine"
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"word": "наро́дная медици́на"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
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"feminine"
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"word": "tradicijska medicina"
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"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "sāmpradāyika waidyakrama",
"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
"word": "සාම්ප්රදායික වෛද්යක්රම"
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"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
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"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
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"word": "geleneksel tıp"
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"sense": "traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians",
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"sense": "particular medicinal remedy used in such traditional medical practices",
"word": "perinnelääke"
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"sense": "particular medicinal remedy used in such traditional medical practices",
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