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1. (n.) prescription
a written direction by a physician for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy.
2. prescription
the medicine prescribed.
3. prescription
an act of prescribing.
4. prescription
something prescribed.
5. prescription
the long, unchallenged use of some legal right, which sanctions such a right.
6. prescription
the process of acquiring rights by such long and uninterrupted use.
7. (adj.) prescription
(of drugs) sold only upon medical prescription.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < ML praescrīptiō legal possession (of property), L: preamble, precept, direction =
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) prescription
directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
"I tried to follow her prescription for success"
2. (noun) prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug
a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
"he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly"
3. (noun) prescription
written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
4. (adj) prescription
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
5. (adj) prescription(a)
available only with a doctor's written prescription
"a prescription drug"
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1. (noun) prescription
the official piece of paper on which a doctor prescribes medication, or the medicine prescribed
She handed the prescription to the pharmacist.; My prescription has run out.
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| Definition of 'Prescription' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Prescription
the act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed
2. (noun) Prescription
a direction of a remedy or of remedies for a disease, and the manner of using them; a medical recipe; also, a prescribed remedy
3. (noun) Prescription
a prescribing for title; the claim of title to a thing by virtue immemorial use and enjoyment; the right or title acquired by possession had during the time and in the manner fixed by law
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Sense: a doctor's (usually written) instructions for the preparing and taking of a medicine
He gave me a prescription to give to the chemist.
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 Afrikaans: voorskrif |
 Arabic: وَصْفَة الدّواء |
 Bulgarian: рецепта |
 Brazilian: receita |
 Czech: recept |
 German: das Rezept |
 Danish: recept |
 Greek: συνταγή γιατρού |
 Spanish: receta; prescripción |
 Estonian: retsept |
 Farsi: نسخه |
 Finnish: resepti |
 French: ordonnance |
 Hebrew: מִרשָׁם |
 Hindi: नुस्खा |
 Croatian: recept, propisivanje lije |
 Hungarian: recept |
 Indonesian: resep |
 Icelandic: lyfseðill |
 Italian: prescrizione, ricetta |
 Japanese: 処方せん |
 Korean: 처방전 |
 Lithuanian: receptas |
 Latvian: recepte |
 Malay: preskripsi |
 Dutch: voorschrift |
 Norwegian: resept |
 Polish: recepta |
 Persian: نسخه |
 Pashto: نسخه |
 Portuguese: receita |
 Romanian: reţetă |
 Russian: рецепт |
 Slovak: recept |
 Slovenian: recept |
 Serbian: recept |
 Swedish: recept |
 Thai: ใบสั่งยา |
 Turkish: reçete |
 Taiwanese: 處方(醫囑) |
 Ukrainian: рецепт |
 Urdu: تشخيص، دوا کا نسخہ |
 Vietnamese: đơn thuốc |
 Chinese: 处方（医嘱） |
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