international nonproprietary name

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international nonproprietary name (plural international nonproprietary names)

  1. (pharmacology) An official generic and nonproprietary name given to a pharmaceutical drug or an active ingredient, as designated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
    Synonym: (initialism) INN
    Hypernym: generic name

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