nonproprietary name

nonproprietary name
A short name (often called a generic name) of a chemical, drug, or other substance that is not subject to trademark (proprietary) rights but is, in contrast to a trivial name, recognized or recommended by government agencies ( e.g., Federal Food and Drug Administration) and by quasi-official organizations ( e.g., U.S. Adopted Names Council) for general public use. Like a proprietary name, it is almost always a coined designation derived without using set criteria. Cf.:trivial name, proprietary name, semisystematic name, systematic name.

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a short name coined for a drug or chemical not subject to proprietary (trademark) rights and recommended or recognized by an official body, e.g., USAN, INN, or BAN.

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