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  2. Rare disease - Wikipedia

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    A rare disease is defined as one that affects fewer than 200,000 people across a broad range of possible disorders. [20] Chronic genetic diseases are commonly classified as rare. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Among numerous possibilities, rare diseases may result from bacterial or viral infections, allergies , chromosome disorders, degenerative and ...

  3. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    A horde is a large group of people. Standard: A horde of shoppers lined up to be the first to buy the new gizmo. Standard: He has a hoard of discontinued rare cards. Non-standard: Do not horde the candy, share it. Non-standard: The hoard charged when the horns sounded.

  4. Melungeon - Wikipedia

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    Melungeon (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ n dʒ ən / mə-LUN-jən) (sometimes also spelled Malungean, Melangean, Melungean, Melungin [3]) was a slur [4] historically applied to individuals and families of mixed-race ancestry with roots in colonial Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina primarily descended from free people of color and white settlers.

  5. Red hair - Wikipedia

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    Red hair. Red hair, also known as ginger hair, is a human hair color found in 2–6% of people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and lesser frequency in other populations. It is most common in individuals homozygous for a recessive allele on chromosome 16 that produces an altered version of the MC1R protein.

  6. Race and ethnicity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. [1] At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories (White, Black, Native American/Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories.

  7. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    v. t. e. This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States. In Commonwealth of Nations, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have ...

  8. Category:Rare diseases - Wikipedia

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    It should directly contain very few, if any, pages and should mainly contain subcategories. The main article for this category is rare disease . A rare disease is technically defined (in the European Union) as a disease that is found in fewer than 5 people per every 10,000 people.

  9. List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas

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    This is a list of English language words borrowed from Indigenous languages of the Americas, either directly or through intermediate European languages such as Spanish or French. It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages. Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common ...