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Is there a word or term for the state of a human or animal infested with ticks?

Mainly just curious.

Examples:

He's suffering from ______.

Don't get near him: he has _____.

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  Since the answer you said "is exactly what [you] were looking for" does not answer the original question at all, I took the liberty of rephrasing it to fit lbf's answer. If you really did mean something else and wanted a word for the person instead of the condition, feel free to rephrase and explain.
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  If I were looking to be somewhat humorous and non-technical, I'd personally say lousy with ticks just because I like using the more literal meaning of lousy.
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Is there a word or term for the state of a human or animal infested with ticks?

Mainly just curious.

Examples:

He's suffering from ______.

Don't get near him: he has _____.

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edited Aug 6 at 5:08

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  Since the answer you said "is exactly what [you] were looking for" does not answer the original question at all, I took the liberty of rephrasing it to fit lbf's answer. If you really did mean something else and wanted a word for the person instead of the condition, feel free to rephrase and explain.
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  Schrodinger's Ticked: You're both Ticked on AND Ticked off.
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  If I were looking to be somewhat humorous and non-technical, I'd personally say lousy with ticks just because I like using the more literal meaning of lousy.
  – stevesliva
  Aug 6 at 17:10
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  /me expects the etymology of "ticked" to appear here.
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Is there a word or term for the state of a human or animal infested with ticks?

Mainly just curious.

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He's suffering from ______.

Don't get near him: he has _____.

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Is there a word or term for the state of a human or animal infested with ticks?

Mainly just curious.

Examples:

He's suffering from ______.

Don't get near him: he has _____.

single-word-requests terminology medical

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lly

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  Since the answer you said "is exactly what [you] were looking for" does not answer the original question at all, I took the liberty of rephrasing it to fit lbf's answer. If you really did mean something else and wanted a word for the person instead of the condition, feel free to rephrase and explain.
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  Aug 6 at 5:09
  

  
  
  
  


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  Schrodinger's Ticked: You're both Ticked on AND Ticked off.
  – aslum
  Aug 6 at 12:46
  

  
  
  
  


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  If I were looking to be somewhat humorous and non-technical, I'd personally say lousy with ticks just because I like using the more literal meaning of lousy.
  – stevesliva
  Aug 6 at 17:10
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  /me expects the etymology of "ticked" to appear here.
  – Joshua
  Aug 6 at 20:53
  

  
  
  
  


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  See also nhs.uk/conditions/scabies
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  Since the answer you said "is exactly what [you] were looking for" does not answer the original question at all, I took the liberty of rephrasing it to fit lbf's answer. If you really did mean something else and wanted a word for the person instead of the condition, feel free to rephrase and explain.
  – lly
  Aug 6 at 5:09
  

  
  
  
  


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  Schrodinger's Ticked: You're both Ticked on AND Ticked off.
  – aslum
  Aug 6 at 12:46
  

  
  
  
  


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  If I were looking to be somewhat humorous and non-technical, I'd personally say lousy with ticks just because I like using the more literal meaning of lousy.
  – stevesliva
  Aug 6 at 17:10
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  /me expects the etymology of "ticked" to appear here.
  – Joshua
  Aug 6 at 20:53
  

  
  
  
  


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  See also nhs.uk/conditions/scabies
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  Aug 7 at 15:39
  

  
  
  
  

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Since the answer you said "is exactly what [you] were looking for" does not answer the original question at all, I took the liberty of rephrasing it to fit lbf's answer. If you really did mean something else and wanted a word for the person instead of the condition, feel free to rephrase and explain.
– lly
Aug 6 at 5:09

Since the answer you said "is exactly what [you] were looking for" does not answer the original question at all, I took the liberty of rephrasing it to fit lbf's answer. If you really did mean something else and wanted a word for the person instead of the condition, feel free to rephrase and explain.
– lly
Aug 6 at 5:09

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Schrodinger's Ticked: You're both Ticked on AND Ticked off.
– aslum
Aug 6 at 12:46

Schrodinger's Ticked: You're both Ticked on AND Ticked off.
– aslum
Aug 6 at 12:46

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If I were looking to be somewhat humorous and non-technical, I'd personally say lousy with ticks just because I like using the more literal meaning of lousy.
– stevesliva
Aug 6 at 17:10

If I were looking to be somewhat humorous and non-technical, I'd personally say lousy with ticks just because I like using the more literal meaning of lousy.
– stevesliva
Aug 6 at 17:10

/me expects the etymology of "ticked" to appear here.
– Joshua
Aug 6 at 20:53

/me expects the etymology of "ticked" to appear here.
– Joshua
Aug 6 at 20:53

See also nhs.uk/conditions/scabies
– StuperUser
Aug 7 at 15:39

See also nhs.uk/conditions/scabies
– StuperUser
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Ectoparasitism TFD is the medical term:

the state in which the ectoparasite [ticks, lice] are living on the
surface of the host's body.

He went to the doctor with ticks, and was diagnosed with ectoparasitosis.

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I don't think there is a word that refers to possessing ticks as a condition, but you could use "tick-ridden" or "tick-infested" as an adjective:

The dog is tick-ridden.

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  +1 We may need noun forms tick-infestation / tick-riddenness (?) rather. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_infestation
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  It looks like the question's been edited since you answered; you may need to edit to fit the new example sentences in the question. (But usually you'd just say "he/it has ticks".)
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For the second sentence example you can simply use "ticks" - "don't go near him he has ticks", just as you would with lice or fleas.

If sticking to a single word is not essential you might want to be more specific and say "an infestation of ticks" - to make it clear that the subject has a large number of the parasites, not just one or two.

"an infestation of ticks" could also work in the first sentence example. "He's suffering from an infestation of ticks"

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  "He's suffering from ticks" works fine also.
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  @Timbo I'm not so sure , that sounds slightly wrong to me, I've never heard it used like that (though on googling it I can see quite a few examples of that phrase, which do sound fine, so maybe you are right)
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  I wouldn't choose that construction (I'd pick the more informal "Watch out! He's got ticks!") but I would understand it if I heard it.
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  Ironically, you can't use the proper term for an infestation of lice as "lousy" is now used only in the figurative sense (as far as I'm aware).
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Merriam-Webster:

ticky -er/-est

: affected or infested with or full of ticks

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If you are looking for an informal way of saying it, you pretty much have the most natural way already:

"he is tick-infested" or "he is infested with ticks".

Saying "He has ..." is asking for a formal medical condition, like diabetes. The most informal of this would be

"He has a problem with ticks" or "He has a lot of ticks".

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Ectoparasitism TFD is the medical term:

the state in which the ectoparasite [ticks, lice] are living on the
surface of the host's body.

He went to the doctor with ticks, and was diagnosed with ectoparasitosis.

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Ectoparasitism TFD is the medical term:

the state in which the ectoparasite [ticks, lice] are living on the
surface of the host's body.

He went to the doctor with ticks, and was diagnosed with ectoparasitosis.

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accepted

Ectoparasitism TFD is the medical term:

the state in which the ectoparasite [ticks, lice] are living on the
surface of the host's body.

He went to the doctor with ticks, and was diagnosed with ectoparasitosis.

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Ectoparasitism TFD is the medical term:

the state in which the ectoparasite [ticks, lice] are living on the
surface of the host's body.

He went to the doctor with ticks, and was diagnosed with ectoparasitosis.

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I don't think there is a word that refers to possessing ticks as a condition, but you could use "tick-ridden" or "tick-infested" as an adjective:

The dog is tick-ridden.

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  +1 We may need noun forms tick-infestation / tick-riddenness (?) rather. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_infestation
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  It looks like the question's been edited since you answered; you may need to edit to fit the new example sentences in the question. (But usually you'd just say "he/it has ticks".)
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I don't think there is a word that refers to possessing ticks as a condition, but you could use "tick-ridden" or "tick-infested" as an adjective:

The dog is tick-ridden.

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answered Aug 6 at 2:57

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  +1 We may need noun forms tick-infestation / tick-riddenness (?) rather. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_infestation
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  It looks like the question's been edited since you answered; you may need to edit to fit the new example sentences in the question. (But usually you'd just say "he/it has ticks".)
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up vote
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I don't think there is a word that refers to possessing ticks as a condition, but you could use "tick-ridden" or "tick-infested" as an adjective:

The dog is tick-ridden.

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answered Aug 6 at 2:57

Jeh

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I don't think there is a word that refers to possessing ticks as a condition, but you could use "tick-ridden" or "tick-infested" as an adjective:

The dog is tick-ridden.

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answered Aug 6 at 2:57

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  +1 We may need noun forms tick-infestation / tick-riddenness (?) rather. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_infestation
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  It looks like the question's been edited since you answered; you may need to edit to fit the new example sentences in the question. (But usually you'd just say "he/it has ticks".)
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  Aug 6 at 8:19
  

  
  
  
  

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  +1 We may need noun forms tick-infestation / tick-riddenness (?) rather. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_infestation
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  It looks like the question's been edited since you answered; you may need to edit to fit the new example sentences in the question. (But usually you'd just say "he/it has ticks".)
  – V2Blast
  Aug 6 at 8:19
  

  
  
  
  

+1 We may need noun forms tick-infestation / tick-riddenness (?) rather. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_infestation
– Kris
Aug 6 at 6:19

+1 We may need noun forms tick-infestation / tick-riddenness (?) rather. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_infestation
– Kris
Aug 6 at 6:19

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It looks like the question's been edited since you answered; you may need to edit to fit the new example sentences in the question. (But usually you'd just say "he/it has ticks".)
– V2Blast
Aug 6 at 8:19

It looks like the question's been edited since you answered; you may need to edit to fit the new example sentences in the question. (But usually you'd just say "he/it has ticks".)
– V2Blast
Aug 6 at 8:19

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For the second sentence example you can simply use "ticks" - "don't go near him he has ticks", just as you would with lice or fleas.

If sticking to a single word is not essential you might want to be more specific and say "an infestation of ticks" - to make it clear that the subject has a large number of the parasites, not just one or two.

"an infestation of ticks" could also work in the first sentence example. "He's suffering from an infestation of ticks"

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answered Aug 6 at 9:39

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  "He's suffering from ticks" works fine also.
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  @Timbo I'm not so sure , that sounds slightly wrong to me, I've never heard it used like that (though on googling it I can see quite a few examples of that phrase, which do sound fine, so maybe you are right)
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  I wouldn't choose that construction (I'd pick the more informal "Watch out! He's got ticks!") but I would understand it if I heard it.
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  Ironically, you can't use the proper term for an infestation of lice as "lousy" is now used only in the figurative sense (as far as I'm aware).
  – Hugh Meyers
  Aug 7 at 12:42
  

  
  
  
  

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For the second sentence example you can simply use "ticks" - "don't go near him he has ticks", just as you would with lice or fleas.

If sticking to a single word is not essential you might want to be more specific and say "an infestation of ticks" - to make it clear that the subject has a large number of the parasites, not just one or two.

"an infestation of ticks" could also work in the first sentence example. "He's suffering from an infestation of ticks"

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  "He's suffering from ticks" works fine also.
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  @Timbo I'm not so sure , that sounds slightly wrong to me, I've never heard it used like that (though on googling it I can see quite a few examples of that phrase, which do sound fine, so maybe you are right)
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  I wouldn't choose that construction (I'd pick the more informal "Watch out! He's got ticks!") but I would understand it if I heard it.
  – Timbo
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  Ironically, you can't use the proper term for an infestation of lice as "lousy" is now used only in the figurative sense (as far as I'm aware).
  – Hugh Meyers
  Aug 7 at 12:42
  

  
  
  
  

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For the second sentence example you can simply use "ticks" - "don't go near him he has ticks", just as you would with lice or fleas.

If sticking to a single word is not essential you might want to be more specific and say "an infestation of ticks" - to make it clear that the subject has a large number of the parasites, not just one or two.

"an infestation of ticks" could also work in the first sentence example. "He's suffering from an infestation of ticks"

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For the second sentence example you can simply use "ticks" - "don't go near him he has ticks", just as you would with lice or fleas.

If sticking to a single word is not essential you might want to be more specific and say "an infestation of ticks" - to make it clear that the subject has a large number of the parasites, not just one or two.

"an infestation of ticks" could also work in the first sentence example. "He's suffering from an infestation of ticks"

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  "He's suffering from ticks" works fine also.
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  @Timbo I'm not so sure , that sounds slightly wrong to me, I've never heard it used like that (though on googling it I can see quite a few examples of that phrase, which do sound fine, so maybe you are right)
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  I wouldn't choose that construction (I'd pick the more informal "Watch out! He's got ticks!") but I would understand it if I heard it.
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  Ironically, you can't use the proper term for an infestation of lice as "lousy" is now used only in the figurative sense (as far as I'm aware).
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  "He's suffering from ticks" works fine also.
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  @Timbo I'm not so sure , that sounds slightly wrong to me, I've never heard it used like that (though on googling it I can see quite a few examples of that phrase, which do sound fine, so maybe you are right)
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  I wouldn't choose that construction (I'd pick the more informal "Watch out! He's got ticks!") but I would understand it if I heard it.
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  Ironically, you can't use the proper term for an infestation of lice as "lousy" is now used only in the figurative sense (as far as I'm aware).
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"He's suffering from ticks" works fine also.
– Timbo
Aug 6 at 23:10

"He's suffering from ticks" works fine also.
– Timbo
Aug 6 at 23:10

@Timbo I'm not so sure , that sounds slightly wrong to me, I've never heard it used like that (though on googling it I can see quite a few examples of that phrase, which do sound fine, so maybe you are right)
– Ben
Aug 6 at 23:18

@Timbo I'm not so sure , that sounds slightly wrong to me, I've never heard it used like that (though on googling it I can see quite a few examples of that phrase, which do sound fine, so maybe you are right)
– Ben
Aug 6 at 23:18

I wouldn't choose that construction (I'd pick the more informal "Watch out! He's got ticks!") but I would understand it if I heard it.
– Timbo
Aug 7 at 0:19

I wouldn't choose that construction (I'd pick the more informal "Watch out! He's got ticks!") but I would understand it if I heard it.
– Timbo
Aug 7 at 0:19

Ironically, you can't use the proper term for an infestation of lice as "lousy" is now used only in the figurative sense (as far as I'm aware).
– Hugh Meyers
Aug 7 at 12:42

Ironically, you can't use the proper term for an infestation of lice as "lousy" is now used only in the figurative sense (as far as I'm aware).
– Hugh Meyers
Aug 7 at 12:42

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Merriam-Webster:

ticky -er/-est

: affected or infested with or full of ticks

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Merriam-Webster:

ticky -er/-est

: affected or infested with or full of ticks

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Merriam-Webster:

ticky -er/-est

: affected or infested with or full of ticks

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Merriam-Webster:

ticky -er/-est

: affected or infested with or full of ticks

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answered Aug 8 at 5:09

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If you are looking for an informal way of saying it, you pretty much have the most natural way already:

"he is tick-infested" or "he is infested with ticks".

Saying "He has ..." is asking for a formal medical condition, like diabetes. The most informal of this would be

"He has a problem with ticks" or "He has a lot of ticks".

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If you are looking for an informal way of saying it, you pretty much have the most natural way already:

"he is tick-infested" or "he is infested with ticks".

Saying "He has ..." is asking for a formal medical condition, like diabetes. The most informal of this would be

"He has a problem with ticks" or "He has a lot of ticks".

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If you are looking for an informal way of saying it, you pretty much have the most natural way already:

"he is tick-infested" or "he is infested with ticks".

Saying "He has ..." is asking for a formal medical condition, like diabetes. The most informal of this would be

"He has a problem with ticks" or "He has a lot of ticks".

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If you are looking for an informal way of saying it, you pretty much have the most natural way already:

"he is tick-infested" or "he is infested with ticks".

Saying "He has ..." is asking for a formal medical condition, like diabetes. The most informal of this would be

"He has a problem with ticks" or "He has a lot of ticks".

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