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| 1. | [ noun ] directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions | |
| Examples: | "I tried to follow her prescription for success" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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 | |
| Similar spelling: |
proscription prescript prescriptive procreation preservation preservationist proscribe prescribe procrastinate proscribed prescribed procrastinator procreative procrastination Proserpine Proserpina preserving preservative |
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