prescription

/pris'kripʃn/
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prescription

The pharmacist fills a prescription for a patient.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A written order from a doctor or dentist for the preparation and use of a medicine: A legal document that authorizes a pharmacist to dispense a specific medication to a named patient.
    • Written instructions from an eye doctor for the lenses in eyeglasses or contact lenses: A specification for corrective lenses.
    • A medicine that can only be obtained with a doctor's written order: A drug that is not available over-the-counter.
    • Authoritative instruction or recommendation; a prescribed rule or course of action: A formula or plan, often based on expertise, for achieving a particular result.

  2. Adjective:

    • Available only with a doctor's written order: Describing a drug that legally requires a prescription to be dispensed.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The doctor wrote a prescription for antibiotics.
    • I took my eyeglass prescription to the optician.
    • That medication is a prescription, so you cannot buy it without a doctor's note.
    • Her prescription for a happy life involves gratitude and exercise.

  • Adjective:

    • Opioids are prescription drugs with a high potential for abuse.
Advanced Usage
  • "To fill a prescription": To take a prescription to a pharmacy and obtain the medicine.
    • I need to fill my prescription on the way home.
  • "By prescription only": A phrase indicating that a drug is legally restricted and requires a doctor's authorization.
    • This powerful painkiller is available by prescription only.
Variants and Related Words
  • Prescribe (verb): To authorize or recommend the use of a medicine or course of action.
    • The doctor will prescribe the appropriate treatment.
  • Prescriptive (adjective): Relating to the imposition or enforcement of a rule or method.
    • The guide offers prescriptive advice on grammar.
Synonyms
  • Order (as in a doctor's order).
  • Script (informal term for a prescription).
  • Formula (as in a recommended method).
  • Directive (an official instruction).
Related Phrases
  • Prescription drug/medication: The full term for a medicine requiring a prescription.
  • Prescription pad: The pad of paper on which doctors write prescriptions.
  • Out of prescription: Needing a new prescription because the old one has expired or run out.
    • My inhaler is out of prescription; I need to see my doctor.
Idioms
  • A prescription for disaster/disaster (idiom): A plan or situation that is very likely to lead to a bad outcome.
    • Ignoring the safety warnings is a prescription for disaster.
prescription

The pharmacist fills a prescription for a patient.

Adjective
  1. available only with a doctor's written prescription
    • a prescription drug
Noun
  1. 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
  2. written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
  3. 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
  4. directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
    • I tried to follow her prescription for success

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