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orphanhood
Variant of orphan
noun
a child whose father and mother are dead: sometimes applied to a child who has lost only one parent by death
adjective
- being an orphan
- of or for orphans: an orphan home
- of a product that is medically valuable but is not produced because it lacks a profitable market, as a drug for a rare disease
transitive verb
to cause to become an orphan: orphaned by the war
Related Forms:
- orphanhood noun
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