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Generic \Ge*ner"ic\, Generical \Ge*ner"ic*al\, a. [L. genus,
generis, race, kind: cf. F. g['e]n['e]rique. 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]
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2. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large
classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to
specific. [WordNet sense 3]
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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.
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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?"
n 1: a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with
no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the
name of any specific grape [syn: generic, generic wine]
[ant: varietal, varietal wine]

2: any product that can be sold without a brand name
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generic [dʒinerik]
allgemein; auswählbar

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generic

generikus
genus-
nem-
nemi
általános


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generic

allgemein; typisch adj
generic

artmäßig adj
generic

auswählbar
generic

generisch adj
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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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