See Also: PROPRIETARY(law)
proprietary(dictionary)
proprietary(dictionary)
Proprietary(money)
Proprietary name(medicine)
Proprietary(medicine)
hospitals, proprietary(medicine)
proprietary colony(encyclopedia)
Proprietary trading(finance)
Proprietary - Golf(gambling)

Salic (iou) and Proprietary name (medicine)


Salic (iou)



Salic adjective1. . M16.
[French salique or medieval Latin Salicus, from late Latin Salii: see SALIAN noun1 & adjective1, -IC.]
Salic law, orig., an alleged law of succession of the French monarchy, by which females were excluded from the crown; later gen., any law excluding females from dynastic succession. M16.
Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks. Chiefly in Salic code, Salic law, a Frankish law-book written in Latin. L18.

Proprietary name (medicine)


proprietary name
<pharmacology> The protected brand name or trademark, registered with the U.S. Patent Office, under which a manufacturer markets its product. It is written with a capital initial letter and is often further distinguished by a superscript R in a circle.

Compare: generic name, nonproprietary name.

Origin: L. Proprietas, ownership