Definition of prescription

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Definition of prescription

  • a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist (noun)

    Examples

    1. he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly

    Synonyms

    1. ethical drug
    2. prescription drug
    3. prescription medicine
  • available only with a doctor's written prescription (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a prescription drug
  • directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions (noun)

    Examples

    1. I tried to follow her prescription for success
  • written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person (noun)
  • 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 (noun)

See definition of prescription in Merriam Webster