Found 3 hits - Term: generic, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
generic \gener"ic\, generical \gener"ical\, a. l. genus,
generis, race, kind: cf. f. g'en'erique. see gender.
1913 webster
1. biol. pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a
genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus;
as, a generic description; a generic difference; a generic
name. wordnet sense 1
1913 webster
2. very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large
classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to
specific. wordnet sense 3
1913 webster
3. commerce not protected by trademark; -- used especially
of the names of medications; as, a generic drug; the
generic name of rogaine is minoxidil. wordnet sense 2
pjc
note: since patented medications cannot be sold except under
license from the patentee, medication which is still
under patent is not typically sold as a generic drug,
i.e., sold under its generic name, though it can be
referred to by its generic name.
pjc
see also:
gender specific generic drug
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
generic
adj 1: relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a
genus; "the generic name"
2: of drugs not protected by trademark; "`acetaminophen' is
the generic form of the proprietary drug `tylenol'"
3: applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic
asian mind?"
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 moby thesaurus words for "generic":
abstract, bland, broad, collective, common, featureless, general,
generalized, indefinite, indeterminate, nebulous, neutral,
nonspecific, uncharacterized, undifferentiated, universal,
unspecified, vague, wide
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