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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Generic \Ge*ner"ic\, Generical \Ge*ner"ic*al\, adjective [L. genus, generis, race, kind: cf. F. g['e]n['e]rique. See {Gender}.]
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]
2. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to {specific}. [WordNet sense 3]
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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
generic
adjective
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?"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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