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oligonucleotide	short sequence of nucleotides (< 200 nucleotides)
ome	suffix which has come to mean any collection of similar biological entities (x-omes & x-omics)
open access	immediate, free and unrestricted online access to digital scholarly material
orphan drug	A pharmaceutical developed to treat a rare disease. (less than 200,000 cases).