Definition of Generic name

1. Noun. (context: botany zoology) The scientific name of a genus, conforming to the ''ICBN'' or ''ICZN''. ¹

2. Noun. (context: pharmacology pharmacy) The name given to a drug that is used to identify it irrespective of trademark etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Generic name

1. 1. In chemistry, a noun that indicates the class or type of a single compound; e.g., salt, saccharide (sugar), hexose, alcohol, aldehyde, lactone, acid, amine, alkane, steroid, vitamin. "Class" is more appropriate and more often used than is "generic." 2. In the pharmaceutical and commercial fields, a misnomer for nonproprietary name. 3. In the biologic sciences, the first part of the scientific name (Latin binary combination or binomial) of an organism; written with an initial capital letter and in italics. In bacteriology, the species name consists of two parts (comprising one name): the generic name and the specific epithet; in other biologic disciplines, the species name is regarded as being composed of two names: the generic name and the specific name. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Generic Name

generative empathy
generative medicine
generatively
generativist
generativity
generator
generator potential
generators
generatrices
generatrix
generatrixes
generic
generic drug
generic interval
generic intervals
generic name
generic names
generic programming
generic top-level domain
generical
generically
genericalness
generich
genericide
genericides
genericise
genericised
genericises
genericising
genericism

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