meaning of prescription
1. The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed.
2. 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. 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.
4. 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
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Related Words
prescription | prescription drug | prescription medicine |
