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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as orphan" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey a state of being without parents or guardians, but it lacks proper grammatical structure.
Example: "He felt lost and alone, as an orphan in a world that seemed indifferent to his plight."
Alternatives: "like an orphan" or "as if he were an orphan."
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About a decade ago, I accidentally launched into a sub-hobby of genealogy -- one I refer to as orphan heirloom rescues.
This study was a multicentre, open-label, uncontrolled study approved as orphan drug status.
MCT5-MCT7, MCT9 and MCT11-14 aregardedded as orphan transporters.
This study was a multicentre, open-label, uncontrolled study in Japan approved as orphan drug status.
Some NRs are referred to as orphan nuclear receptors because their endogenous ligands remain unknown [ 5].
The genes in Drosophila melanogaster having no homologous hits in the other species were treated as orphan genes.
The genes in A. thaliana having no homologous hits in the other species were treated as orphan genes.
The 210 transcripts matched with the unannotated human cDNA sequences in the database and were called as orphan transcripts.
Toxin components of RelBE modules were selected for this analysis as orphan toxin genes have been reported in a wide variety of bacteria [ 32].
These are known as "orphan" diseases; that is how the FDA has classified Valley Fever.
TSSs located intergenic region without cognate gene were annotated as orphan (o).
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