orphan drug

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
    — Tragically, her disease is so rare that the only effective medicine is an orphan drug.
  2. A drug as defined under the Orphan Drug Act (1983). US

词形变化

orphan drugs plural
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