USAN

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USAN United States Adopted Name.

USAN

abbr.

United States Adopted Names (used for nonproprietary names of drugs adopted by a committee of medical professionals and drug manufacturers)

USAN

[yo̅o̅′san, yo̅o̅′es′ā′en′]

abbreviation for United States Adopted Names, an organization that works with pharmaceutic manufacturers to designate names for nonproprietary drugs. A list of USAN-approved drugs is published by U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. See also nonproprietary name.

USAN

United States Accepted Nomenclature.

USAN

United States Adopted Names Pharmacology A nonproprietary or generic drug name adopted by the USAN Council. See Generic drug.

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