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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The name for a medication, as used in the pharmacopoeia; it cannot be a trademark. The name is typically given by the inventor or discoverer of the drug, but must be approved by a national or international naming authority.
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- noun botany, zoology The scientific name of a
genus , conforming to theICBN orICZN . - noun pharmacology, pharmacy The name given to a drug that is used to identify it irrespective of trademark etc.
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