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"code": "fa",
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"sense": "occurring after death — see also posthumously",
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"sense": "occurring after death — see also posthumously",
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"code": "ru",
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"ref": "2014 September 3, Thomas A. Limoncelli, Strata R. Chalup, Christina J. Hogan, The Practice of Cloud System Administration (Designing and Operating Large Distributed Systems; 2), Addison-Wesley, page 300",
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"text": "Grinspoon finishes with some sage advice on the best way to avoid greening out: \"Keep the doses low and know yourself. If it happens to you, try to do a postmortem on what happened, like: 'Was there alcohol involved? Was there nicotine involved?' Was I overtired? Did I take five puffs when I usually take two puffs?'\"",
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "diaherjum",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "դիահերձում"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "autopsija",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аутопсия"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "屍檢"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shījiǎn",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "尸检"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "驗屍"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yànshī",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "验尸"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "屍體解剖"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shītǐ jiěpōu",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "尸体解剖"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "ruumiinavaus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "kuolinsyyn selvitys"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nekropsía",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "νεκροψία"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "iatrodikastikí ékthesi nekrotomís",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "ιατροδικαστική έκθεση νεκροτομής"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śavparīkṣā",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शवपरीक्षा"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "posṭmārṭam",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पोस्टमार्टम"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "autopsia"
},
{
"alt": "けんし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kenshi",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "検視"
},
{
"alt": "かいぼう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaibō",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "解剖"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kâlbod-gošâyi",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "کالبدگشایی"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vskrýtije",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
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"word": "вскры́тие"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
"word": "uchunguzi wa maiti"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death; an autopsy",
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"word": "obduktion"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "investigation after something considered unsuccessful",
"word": "jälkiselvittely"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "investigation after something considered unsuccessful",
"word": "jälkipuinti"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "investigation after something considered unsuccessful",
"word": "jälkipyykki"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "investigation after something considered unsuccessful",
"word": "反省会"
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "investigation after something considered unsuccessful",
"word": "pascanilai"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gozašte-sanji",
"sense": "investigation after something considered unsuccessful",
"word": "گذشتهسنجی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pas-kâvi",
"sense": "investigation after something considered unsuccessful",
"word": "پسکاوی"
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],
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