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"word": "តេស្តូស្តេរ៉ូន"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"word": "testosteron"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "testosteronas"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"word": "taiaki tāne"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "testosteron"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "testosteron",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"word": "تستوسترون"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "testosteron"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "testosterona"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "testosteron"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "testosterón",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тестостеро́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "тестостѐро̄н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "testostèrōn"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "testosterón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "testosterona"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "testosteron"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "steroid hormone",
"word": "testosteron"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"testosterone"
],
"word": "testosterone"
}
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