prescription
IPA: prʌskrˈɪpʃʌn
noun
- (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.
- (medicine) The medicine or treatment provided by such an order.
- (figurative) Any plan of treatment or handling; the treatment or handling thus provided.
- (law) Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this.
- (linguistics) The act of establishing or formalizing ideal norms for language use, as opposed to describing the actual norms of such use; an instance of this.
- (law) An established time period within which a right must be exercised and after which it is null and permanently unenforceable.
- (law) An established time period after which a person who has uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly used another's property acquires full ownership of it.
- (obsolete) Synonym of self-restraint, limiting of one's actions especially according to a moral code or social conventions.
adjective
- only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription (of a drug, etc.)
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Examples of "prescription" in Sentences
- The prescription is Mary's.
- Prescription of drugs for the mentality ill is special.
- This is the prescription of drugs for the mentality ill.
- Opium at the time was the equivalent of a prescription drug.
- The Government subsidy is the answer on all prescription medicines.
- The drug is currently available on prescription in the United States.
- Shouldn't my doctor already know if a certain prescription is right for me?
- The prescription number is written right on the prescription by the pharmacist.
- However, her prescription is the opposite of what economists would recommend ...
- ALI VELSHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, if you want to use the term prescription, Wolf, it's like getting a little bit of medicine.
- Such statistics prompted President Barack Obama's administration in April to launch a fight against what it called a prescription drug abuse epidemic.
- In English law the term prescription is applied to rights only which are defined to be incorporeal hereditaments, such as a right of way or a common or an advowson.
- And then I found she who gave me life (my mom -- this is not what I call my prescription drug dealer), she hooked me up with a couple muscle relaxers that knocked me on my ass.
- The Insurance company has too many "outs": "Your prescription is not on our formulary", "Your Dr is not on our preferred provider list", "your Hospital is not on our preferred provider list".
- We have been having some fun here but quite seriously - you don´t need a prescription from a medical doctor to buy any prescription drug here unless there are narcotics involved and even then you can easily find a doctor to accomodate you.