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What (who) is generics - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Generics; Generic (disambiguation); GENERIC; Generic (mathematics)
generic
[d??'n?r?k]
¦ adjective
1. referring to a class or group; not specific.
2. (of goods, especially medicinal drugs) having no brand name.
3. Biology relating to a genus.
Derivatives
generically adverb
Origin
C17: from Fr. generique, from L. genus, gener- 'stock, race'.
generic
(generics)
1.
You use generic to describe something that refers or relates to a whole class of similar things.
Parmesan is a generic term used to describe a family of hard Italian cheeses.
? specific
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• generically
I will refer to child abuse generically (which includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and neglect).
...something generically called 'rock 'n' roll'.
ADV: usu ADV after v, ADV -ed/adj, also ADV with cl
2.
A generic drug or other product is one that does not have a trademark and that is known by a general name, rather than the manufacturer's name.
They encourage doctors to prescribe cheaper generic drugs instead of more expensive brand names.
? branded
ADJ: usu ADJ n
•
Generic is also a noun.
The program saved $11 million in 1988 by substituting generics for brand-name drugs.
N-COUNT
3.
People sometimes use generic to refer to something that is exactly typical of the kind of thing mentioned, and that has no special or unusual characteristics.
...generic California apartments, the kind that have white walls and white drapes and were built five years ago.
= archetypal
ADJ: ADJ n
Generic
·adj ·Alt. of Generical.
Examples of use of generics
1. Related articles: The generics battle: Teva vs. the U.S.
2. Drugmakers are facing increased regulation and competition from cheaper generics.
3. As to generics, they‘re just hoping to capture traffic.
4. "And the news has been nothing but positive, exceeding all expectations." But committee investigators say brand–name costs are still so much higher than generics that their cost increases will swamp the savings from generics, now that initial cost savings from the push to generics were captured in the program‘s first year.
5. It directed the FDA to license generics for use in U.S. global AIDS programs, even when those generics could not be sold in the United States because they infringed U.S. patents.