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prescription definition
pre·scrip·tion (prē skrip′s̸hən, pri-)
noun
- the act of prescribing
- something prescribed; order; direction; prescript
- a doctor's written direction for the preparation and use of medicine, the grinding of lenses for eyeglasses, etc.
- a medicine so prescribed
- a long-established, authoritative custom
- a claim based on this
- Law
- the acquirement of the title or right to something through its continued use or possession from time immemorial or over a long period
- a right or title so acquired
Etymology: ME prescripcion < L praescriptio
adjective
made according to, or purchasable only with, a doctor's prescription prescription lenses; a prescription drug
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