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"ref": "2010, C. A. Genco, Lee Wetzler, Lee M. Wetzler, Neisseria: Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenesis, page 79",
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},
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},
{
"ref": "1995, Daniel N. Stern, The Motherhood Constellation: A Unified View of Parent-infant Psychotherapy, page 128",
"text": "Other psychoanalytically inspired mother-baby psychotherapeutic approaches, such as that practiced by Serge Lebovici and his colleagues in Paris, freely use the transference as a source of shared clinical focus and as a port of entry into the system.",
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"word": "入境港"
},
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"sense": "harbor, airport or border crossing",
"word": "maahantuontipaikka"
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"word": "Eintrittspunkt"
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"word": "Einfallstor"
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"tags": [
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"word": "Einfallspforte"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "crɑɑk coul",
"sense": "harbor, airport or border crossing",
"word": "ច្រកចូល"
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"word": "Eintrittspforte"
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"word": "ច្រកចូល"
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