Generic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large
        classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to
        {specific}. [WordNet sense 3]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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
       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?"

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