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orphan(1)(dictionary)
ORPHAN(law)
orphan(2)(dictionary)
orphan viruses(medicine)
orphan virus(medicine)
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alchemy (oh) and orphan disease (medicine)


alchemy (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: alquemie, from Medieval Latin alchymia, from Arabic al-kimiya 'the alchemy', from Late Greek chemeia; CHEMOTHERAPY]
a science studied in the Middle Ages, that involved trying to change ordinary metals into gold
literary Magic
-- alchemist n [C]

orphan disease (medicine)


orphan disease


A disease for which no treatment has been developed because of its rarity (affecting no more than 200,000 persons in the U.S.).

See: orphan products.