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orphan drug

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
or-phan -drug
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medicinal drug which is effective in the treatment of some disease(s), but which is not manufactured or marketed because the demand is insufficient to cover the costs of supply.

noun

A drug as defined under the Orphan Drug Act (1983).

American usage

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

orphan drugs (plural)

Phrases

orphan disease

Frequently Paired Words

orphan disease

Questions

What does orphan drug mean?
A medicinal drug which is effective in the treatment of some disease(s), but which is not manufactured or marketed because the demand is insufficient to cover the costs of supply.

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