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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. term = 'patient'
  4. pattern = '^({})(s?)({}?)$'.format(re.escape(term),"?".join("merge"))
  5. print(pattern)
  6. if re.match(pattern, 'patientmer'):
  7. 	print('found')
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^(patient)(s?)(m?e?r?g?e?)$
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