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congenital bile duct atresia

false negative

sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)

skim reading

general secretary (of the Workers' Party of Korea or the Communist Party of Vietnam)

higan cherry (species of weeping cherry tree, Prunus subhirtella)

Pisces (12th zodiacal sign)

ridiculously

Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica)

scorpionfly (esp. the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica)

equatorial coordinates

heterozygote

Heptranchias (genus of cow shark containing the sharpnose seven-gill shark as its only member)

as a nation

chance of precipitation

X-ray machine

four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)

urea cycle

Nash equilibrium

autosome (non-sex chromosome)

Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays

ichikotsu mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise)

hunter wasp (i.e. potter wasp, sand wasp, etc.)

socialist realism

breathalyser

bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)

Tourette syndrome

meiosis

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