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generic /jə-nerˈik/ adjective- General, applicable to any member of a group or class
- Of or belonging to a genus
- (of a drug, etc) not patented or sold as a proprietary name
- (of the name of a brand) that has come to be used as a general name for that type of product (eg Biro for ballpoint pen, Hoover for vacuum cleaner)
- Of or belonging to the same family of computers, software, etc
noun- A generic drug, etc
- A product sold without a brand name, in plain packaging, and with no promotion or advertising
- A generic brand name
ORIGIN: Fr générique, from L genus (see genus) generˈical adjective - General, applicable to any of a group or class
- Of or belonging to a genus
generˈically adverb genericīzāˈtion or genericīsāˈtion n. genericize or genericise /jə-nerˈi-sīz/ transitive verb To use (a proprietary term) as a generic brand name. generic name noun - The name of the genus, placed first in naming the species, thus Equus caballus (horse), Equus asinus (ass), Equus zebra, etc are species of the genus Equus, and Equus is the generic name, always written with a capital and in italics (biology)
- The name of a generic drug, product, etc
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