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serendipity

[ser′əndip′itē]

Etymology: Serendip, author Horace Walpole's mythic land of pleasant surprises

the act of accidental discovery. A number of important medications have been created through serendipity, such as the discovery of antidepressant activity in iproniazid, which was originally developed to treat tuberculosis.

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happy finding of an unexpected object or solution while searching for something else.

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