See hilum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(anatomy) porta of an organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hilio"
}
],
"word": "hilum"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": voróta (órgana) vs. о́ргана",
"path": [
"hilum"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "hilum",
"trace": ""
}
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