orphan disease

noun

Any disease for which drugs are not usually developed because it is too rare to make the development profitable.

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Meanings

nounorphan disease (plural orphan diseases)

plural orphan diseases

  1. Any disease for which drugs are not usually developed because it is too rare to make the development profitable.
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orphan disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orphan%20disease

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“orphan disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orphan%20disease. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orphan disease,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orphan%20disease.

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