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prescription

/pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/noun, adjective3 syllables

Prescription means: a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist.

Synonyms for prescription12

noun, as in a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist

prescription drug, prescription medicine, ethical drug

also used for prescription

scrip, forescript, Rx, ℞, enactment, extinctive prescription, liberative prescription, acquisitive prescription, usucaption

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Opposites of prescription

nonprescription

What does prescription mean?5

noun

1

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”

2

directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions“I tried to follow her prescription for success”

3

written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person

4

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

adjective

1

available only with a doctor's written prescription“a prescription drug”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with prescription?7

three syllables

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Prescription in a sentence

  • The only things that worry brings are white hair, prescription drugs and medicine.Ricardo14
  • I went to the pharmacy with the prescription, but they didn't have acetaminophen.DJ_Saidez
  • To get a prescription, go to a doctor.CK
  • You are not allowed to buy that without a prescription.carlosalberto
  • Go to the doctor to get your prescription!CM
  • Let me write you a prescription for some medicine.Zifre
  • The doctor forgot his prescription pad in his car.Amastan
  • The pharmacist made up the prescription for me.unknown

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Forms of prescription

as a noun

plural
prescriptions