Prescription definition
Have you used up all of your prescription?
Prescription lenses; a prescription drug.
An example of a prescription is a doctor's note telling a patient what type of medication to get.
Prescriptions for living a moral life.
Have you used up all of your prescription?
"Jurisdiction to prescribe" is a state's authority to make its laws applicable to certain persons or activities. -- Richard G. Alexander, Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996: Congress exceeds its jurisdiction to prescribe law. Washington and Lee Law Review, 1997.
The prescription governing the victim's right to enter a charge shall be interrupted by virtue of section 95 of the Criminal Code.
The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy.
The pharmacist gave her a bottle containing her prescription.
The optician followed the optometrist's prescription for her new eyeglasses.
Many powerful pain killers are prescription drugs in the U.S.
Other Word Forms
Noun
Origin of prescription
- 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