The phrase "a general term of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a broad category or classification that encompasses various specific instances or examples.
Example: "In biology, 'organism' is a general term of living entities that includes animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms."
Alternatives: "a broad term for" or "a collective term for".
Even in African-American usage, where the later slang developments of cool would percolate, nothing definitive has been found to establish it as a general term of approval before the 20th century.
They want Madame to be de-coupled from the idea of a married woman or wife to become, like Monsieur, a general term of address.
To predicate a general term of something is to distinguish it as similar to, or of a kind (lei) with, other things denoted by that term.
Due to the stability of the adjacent upper surface, the portion of LP curve on the left side of ZH is also a saddle-node branch (limit point is a general term of which saddle node is a special case).
In both, it seems to refer to "proceeding" from predicating a general term of familiar paradigms of a thing to predicating it in novel, unfamiliar cases, on the grounds that the novel cases are relevantly similar to the paradigms.
Retard is an offensive reference to a mentally handicapped person, according to the Apple dictionary, often used as a general term of abuse.
Dyspnea, a general term for end-of-life breathing difficulties, can affect your ability to comfortably communicate, leading to frustration and discomfort.
Aortitis is a general term for a spectrum of disorders characterized by inflammation of the aortic wall.
We call for the relinquishment of the term "laterite" which is a general term for all forms of iron oxide-enriched earthy materials as used for plinthite.
Asbestos is a general term for several types of minerals that occur naturally in clumps of strong flexible fibers, like microscopic brush bristles.
