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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A disease that is relatively rare, for which the development of drugs is considered to be commercially nonviable.
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- noun Any
disease for whichdrugs are not usually developed because it is toorare to make the developmentprofitable .
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