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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)
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