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manipulation
playMedical Definition of manipulation
1: the act, process, or an instance of manipulating especially a body part by manual examination and treatment; especially : adjustment of faulty structural relationships by manual means (as in the reduction of fractures or dislocations or the breaking down of adhesions)
2: the condition of being manipulated vulnerability to psychological manipulation—M. W. Straight
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