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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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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).
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 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.
A prescription is an order for medicine which a doctor writes, and which is given to a pharmacist to prepare and administer the medicine. The new drug does not require a physician's prescription - it can be bought over the counter.
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:
A prescription is an order written by a doctor for someone to get a drug that is not available without this permission. If you get a bad ear infection, you'll need a prescription for antibiotics. When your doctor writes a prescription, she's advising you to take a medication that you can only get from a pharmacist.
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.
