Prescription Definition
prĭ-skrĭpshən
prescriptions
noun
prescriptions
The action of establishing a rule, law, or direction.
American Heritage
The act of prescribing.
Webster's New World
Something prescribed; order; direction; prescript.
Webster's New World
A written order, especially by a physician, for the preparation and administration of a medicine or other treatment.
American Heritage Medicine
A medicine so prescribed.
Webster's New World
adjective
Made according to, or purchasable only with, a doctor's prescription.
Prescription lenses; a prescription drug.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
Other Word Forms of Prescription
Noun
Singular:
prescriptionPlural:
prescriptionsOrigin of Prescription
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Middle English prescripcion establishment of a claim from Old French prescription from Medieval Latin praescrīptiō praescrīptiōn- from Latin introduction, precept from praescrīptus past participle of praescrībere to order prescribe
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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