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The definition of prescription
7 Definitions of: prescription
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- noun, 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
- noun, (of drugs) available legally only with a doctor's prescription
- noun, a) written instructions from an optician specifying the lenses needed to correct defects of vision b) (as modifier)
- noun, the act of prescribing
- noun, something that is prescribed
- noun, a long established custom or a claim based on one
- noun, law a) the uninterrupted possession of property over a stated period of time, after which a right or title is acquired (positive prescription) b) the barring of adverse claims to property, etc, after a specified period of time has elapsed, allowing the possessor to acquire title (negative prescription) c) the right or title acquired in either of these ways
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| Synonyms: | instruction, direction, formula, script (informal), recipe, medicine, drug, treatment, preparation, cure | And more... |
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