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prescription

presc·rip·tion

UK/pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/ US/pɝˈskɹɪp.ʃən/ fairly common
noun (4) adjective (1)

noun

1.

directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

  • “I tried to follow her prescription for success”
2.

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”
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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”
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French prescripcion, from Latin praescriptio (“preface; pretext; something written ahead of time”), from prae- (“pre-, before”) + scribere (“to write”) + -tio (“-tion, forming nouns”). Equivalent to prescribe + -tion.

Phrases

  • prescription bottle
  • prescription drug
  • prescription glasses

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