Winston-salem

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  1. 1
    A large city, the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States.

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"Anthony Atala is director of the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atala says polycystic ovary disease is also commonly seen in older, pre-menopausal women."

Etymology

After the name of two separate towns, Winston and Salem, which were merged in 1913.

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