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ge·ner·ic
(jə-nĕr′ĭk)adj.
1.
a. Relating to or descriptive of an entire group or class: Cancer is a generic term for a group of diseases in which cells proliferate wildly.
b. Lacking specificity; general: made some generic remarks about how to save for retirement.
2. Biology Of or relating to a genus.
3.
a. Relating to or being a product that is sold or distributed without any brand name or without a widely known brand name, especially as a discount alternative to a name-brand product: generic soap.
b. Relating to or being the official nonproprietary name of a drug, under which it is licensed and identified by the manufacturer.
4. Grammar Specifying neither masculine nor feminine gender: generic nouns like waitperson and executive.
n.
1. A product or substance sold under or identified by a generic name.
2. A wine that is a blend of several grape varieties and does not carry the name of any specific grape.
ge·ner′i·cal·ly adv.
gen′e·ric′i·ty (jĕn′ə-rĭs′ĭ-tē), ge·ner·ic·ness n.
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Adv. 1. generically - without a trademark or brand name; "we market these drugs generically"
2. generically - as sharing a common genus; "these animals are not related generically"
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
generically
[dʒɪˈnɛrɪkəli] adv [refer to] → génériquement
[called, known] → génériquement generic drug n → médicament m générique
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
generically
adv (Biol) → gattungsmäßig; they could be generically described as ... → sie könnten unter dem Oberbegriff ... zusammengefasst werden
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