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in⋅scrip⋅tion

  [in-skrip-shuhn]
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–noun
1. something inscribed.
2. a historical, religious, or other record cut, impressed, painted, or written on stone, brick, metal, or other hard surface.
3. a brief, usually informal dedication, as of a book or a work of art.
4. a note, as a dedication, that is written and signed by hand in a book.
5. the act of inscribing.
6. Pharmacology. the part of a prescription indicating the drugs and the amounts to be mixed.
7. British.
a. an issue of securities or stocks.
b. a block of shares in a stock, as bought or sold by one person.
8. Also called legend. Numismatics. the lettering in the field of a coin, medal, etc.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME inscripcio(u)n < L inscrīptiōn- (s. of inscrīptiō), equiv. to inscrīpt(us) (ptp. of inscrībere to inscribe ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
in⋅scrip⋅tion⋅al, adjective
in⋅scrip⋅tion⋅less, adjective
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in·scrip·tion   (ĭn-skrĭp'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of inscribing.
  2. A marking, such as the wording on a coin, medal, monument, or seal, that is inscribed.
  3. A piece of material, such as a stone or metal tablet, that is inscribed.
  4. An enrollment or a registration of names.
    1. A short, signed message in a book or on a photograph given as a gift.
    2. The usually informal dedication of a book or an artistic work.

[Middle English inscripcioun, statement giving the author or title of a book, from Latin īnscrīptiō, īnscrīptiōn-, from īnscrīptus, past participle of īnscrībere, to inscribe; see inscribe.]
in·scrip'tion·al, in·scrip'tive adj., in·scrip'tive·ly adv.
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Inscription

In*scrip"tion\, n. [L. inscriptio, fr. inscribere, inscriptum, to inscribe: cf. F. inscription. See Inscribe.]

1. The act or process of inscribing.

2. That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.

3. (Anat.) A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.

4. An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : inscription
Spanish: inscripción,
German: die Aufschrift,
Japanese: 銘
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inscription 
c.1400, from L. inscriptionem (nom. inscriptio) "a writing upon, inscription," from inscriptus, pp. of inscribere "inscribe, to write on or in anything," from in- "in" + scribere "to write" (see script).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: in·scrip·tion
Pronunciation: in-'skrip-sh&n
Function: noun
: the part of a medical prescription that contains the names andquantities of the drugs to be compounded
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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inscription in·scrip·tion (ĭn-skrĭp'shən)
n.
The main part of a prescription, indicating the drug or drugs and the quantity of each to be used in the mixture.

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