prescription

The definition of a prescription is a written order to do something or the act of making such an order.

(noun)

An example of a prescription is a doctor's note telling a patient what type of medication to get.

See prescription in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the act of prescribing
something prescribed; order; direction; prescript
1. a doctor's written direction for the preparation and use of medicine, the grinding of lenses for eyeglasses, etc.
2. a medicine so prescribed
1. a long-established, authoritative custom
2. a claim based on this
Law
1. the acquirement of the title or right to something through its continued use or possession from time immemorial or over a long period
2. a right or title so acquired

Origin: ME prescripcion < L praescriptio

adjective

made according to, or purchasable only with, a doctor's prescription: prescription lenses; a prescription drug

See prescription in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The act of establishing official rules, laws, or directions.
b. Something prescribed as a rule.
a. A written order, especially by a physician, for the preparation and administration of a medicine or other treatment.
b. A prescribed medicine or other treatment.
c. An ophthalmologist's or optometrist's written instruction, as for the grinding of corrective lenses.
A formula directing the preparation of something.
Law The process of acquiring title to property by reason of uninterrupted possession of specified duration. Also called positive prescription.
Law The limitation of time beyond which an action, debt, or crime is no longer valid or enforceable. Also called negative prescription.