prescription | | |
n. (communication) | 1. prescription | directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions.; "I tried to follow her prescription for success" |
| ~ instruction, direction | a message describing how something is to be done.; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
n. (artifact) | 2. ethical drug, prescription, prescription drug, prescription medicine | 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" |
| ~ medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. |
| ~ refill | a prescription drug that is provided again.; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill" |
n. (communication) | 3. prescription | written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person. |
| ~ black and white, written communication, written language | communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten). |
n. (communication) | 4. prescription | 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. |
| ~ black and white, written communication, written language | communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten). |
adj. | 5. prescription | available only with a doctor's written prescription.; "a prescription drug" |
| ~ medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. |
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