Definition of
prescription has definitions from the fields of medicine,pharmacology
1
[ noun ] directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

Examples

"I tried to follow her prescription for success"

Used in print

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

His prescription : hot and cold compresses to increase her absorption of water .

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

Religion has its own supernatural prescriptions that are at_the_same_time codes_of_behavior for the here_and_now .

Related terms

direction order

2
[ noun ] directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

Examples

"I tried to follow her prescription for success"

Related terms

direction

3
[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist

Synonyms

prescription_medicien ethical_drug prescription_medicine prescription_drug

Examples

"he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly"

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

The pretence was that he was delivering a prescription from Dr._Verdi .

Related terms

over-the-counter_drug medicine refill

4
[ adjective ] (of medicinal drugs) available only with a doctor's written prescription

Examples

"a prescription drug"

Related terms

nonprescription medicine

5
[ noun ] written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person

Related terms

written_communication

6
[ noun ] (medicine) written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient

Related terms

written_communication

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

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