"orphan disease" meaning in All languages combined

See orphan disease on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: orphan diseases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} orphan disease (plural orphan diseases)
  1. Any disease for which drugs are not usually developed because it is too rare to make the development profitable. Wikipedia link: orphan disease Related terms: orphan drug
    Sense id: en-orphan_disease-en-noun-Ey1hiQf2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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