prescription
[ pri-skrip-shuh n ]
/ prɪˈskrɪp ʃən /
noun
Medicine/Medical.
- a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy.
- the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day.
an act of prescribing.
that which is prescribed.
Law.
- Also called positive prescription. a long or immemorial use of some right with respect to a thing so as to give a right to continue such use.
- Also called positive prescription. the process of acquiring rights by uninterrupted assertion of the right over a long period of time.
- Also called negative prescription. the loss of rights to legal remedy due to the limitation of time within which an action can be taken.
adjective
(of drugs) sold only upon medical prescription; ethical.
Compare over-the-counter(def 2).
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British Dictionary definitions for prescription
prescription
/ (prɪˈskrɪpʃən) /
noun
Word Origin for prescription
C14: from legal Latin
praescriptiō an order, prescription; see
prescribe
Medical definitions for prescription
prescription
[ prĭ-skrĭp′shən ]
n.
An order, especially by a physician, for the preparation and administration of a medicine, therapeutic regimen, assistive or corrective device, or other treatment.
A prescribed medicine.