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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to spread to other sites in the body",
"word": "metasztatizál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to spread to other sites in the body",
"word": "áttétet képez"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to spread to other sites in the body",
"word": "áttétet ad"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to spread to other sites in the body",
"word": "metastaza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to spread to other sites in the body",
"word": "metastatizar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to spread to other sites in the body",
"word": "metastasera"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to spread to other sites in the body",
"word": "di căn"
}
],
"word": "metastasize"
}
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