Gayle, at 16, is probably best-known for playing Nicky, the granddaughter of Tom Selleckâs character on the hit CBS series Blue Bloods. Detachment, not unlike Kayeâs masterpiece American History X, has a lot on offer and Gayle, for one, is primed to explode. It tells the story of Henry (Brody), a substitute teacher grappling with his troubled past.
Orphans by Thomas Kennington. An orphan (from the Greek Î¿ÏÏÎ±Î½ÏÏ orfanÃ³s) is a child whose parents are dead or have abandoned them permanently. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant. If she has gone, the offspring is an orphan, regardless of the father's condition.
An orphan drug is a pharmaceutical agent that has been developed specifically to treat a rare medical condition, the condition itself being referred to as an orphan disease.iktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: orphan drug (Noun). 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. orphan drug (Noun). A drug as defined under the Orphan Drug Act (1983).