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- Dictionaryprescription/prɪˈskrɪpʃn/
noun
- 1. an instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment: "he scribbled a prescription for tranquillizers" Similar
- 2. a recommendation that is authoritatively put forward: "effective prescriptions for sustaining rural communities" Similar
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The meaning of PRESCRIPTION is the establishment of a claim of title to something under common law usually by use and enjoyment for a period fixed by statute. How to use prescription in a sentence.
a piece of paper on which a doctor writes the details of the medicine or drugs that someone needs: a doctor's prescription. a prescription for sedatives. The doctor should give you a repeat prescription (= another piece of paper allowing more of the same medicine to be given, often without the person seeing the doctor again).
a piece of paper on which a doctor writes the details of the medicine or or other treatment that someone needs: a doctor's prescription. a prescription for physical therapy. These drugs are only available on prescription (= with a prescription from a doctor). Fewer examples.
noun. written instructions from a physician, dentist, etc, to a pharmacist stating the form, dosage strength, etc, of a drug to be issued to a specific patient. the drug or remedy prescribed. modifier (of drugs) available legally only with a doctor's prescription.
n. 1. (Medicine) a. written instructions from a physician, dentist, etc, to a pharmacist stating the form, dosage strength, etc, of a drug to be issued to a specific patient. b. the drug or remedy prescribed. 2. (Medicine) ( modifier) (of drugs) available legally only with a doctor's prescription. 3. (Medicine)
to order treatment for someone, or to say what someone should do or use to treat an illness or injury: Many doctors prescribe aspirin to forestall second heart attacks. My doctor prescribed rest and gave me a painkiller for my knee. prescribe verb [T] (GIVE RULE) to tell someone what he or she must have or do, or to give as a rule:
noun. /prɪˈskrɪpʃn/. /prɪˈskrɪpʃn/. [countable] an official piece of paper on which a doctor writes the type of medicine you should have, and which enables you to get it from a chemist's. prescription for something The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics.
