Usually means: Medication for rare disease treatment.
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  1. orphan drug: Merriam-Webster
  2. orphan drug: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. orphan drug: The Word Spy
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  5. orphan drug: Wiktionary
  6. orphan drug: Infoplease Dictionary
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  1. orphan drug: Legal dictionary

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  1. orphan drug: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. orphan drug: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Orphan drug: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. Orphan drug: Glossary of Terms Used in Medicinal Chemistry
  5. Orphan Drug: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
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  7. orphan drug: Medical dictionary
  8. Orphan drug: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  2. Orphan drug: Medicinal Chemistry

Definitions from Wiktionary (orphan drug)

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:  (US, law) A drug as defined under the Orphan Drug Act (1983).

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