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pre⋅scrip⋅tion

  [pri-skrip-shuhn]
–noun
1. Medicine/Medical.
a. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy.
b. the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day.
2. an act of prescribing.
3. that which is prescribed.
4. Law.
a. Also called positive prescription. a long or immemorial use of some right with respect to a thing so as to give a right to continue such use.
b. Also called positive prescription. the process of acquiring rights by uninterrupted assertion of the right over a long period of time.
c. Also called negative prescription. the loss of rights to legal remedy due to the limitation of time within which an action can be taken.
–adjective
5. (of drugs) sold only upon medical prescription; ethical. Compare over-the-counter (def. 2).
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < ML praescrīptiōn- (s. of praescrīptiō) legal possession (of property), law, order, lit., a writing before, hence, a heading on a document. See prescript, -ion
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pre·scrip·tion   (prĭ-skrĭp'shən)   
n.  

    1. The act of establishing official rules, laws, or directions.

    2. Something prescribed as a rule.

    3. A written order, especially by a physician, for the preparation and administration of a medicine or other treatment.

    4. A prescribed medicine or other treatment.

    5. An ophthalmologist's or optometrist's written instruction, as for the grinding of corrective lenses.

    1. A written order, especially by a physician, for the preparation and administration of a medicine or other treatment.

    2. A prescribed medicine or other treatment.

    3. An ophthalmologist's or optometrist's written instruction, as for the grinding of corrective lenses.

  3. A formula directing the preparation of something.

  4. Law The process of acquiring title to property by reason of uninterrupted possession of specified duration. Also called positive prescription.

  5. Law The limitation of time beyond which an action, debt, or crime is no longer valid or enforceable. Also called negative 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; see prescribe.]
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Word Origin & History

prescription 
c.1380, "the right to something through long use," from O.Fr. prescription (13c.), from L. præscriptionem (nom. præscriptio) "a writing before, order, direction," from præscriptus, pp. of præscribere "write before," from præ- "before" + scribere "to write" (see script). Medical sense of "written directions from a doctor" first recorded 1579. Prescribe "to write down as a direction" is from 1535.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: pre·scrip·tion
Pronunciation: pri-'skrip-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: partly from Middle French prescription establishment of a claim, from Late Latin praescription- praescriptio, from Latin, act of writing at the beginning, order, from praescribere to write at the beginning, dictate, order; partly from Latin praescription- praescriptio order
1 : acquisition of an interest (as an easement) in real property that is usually less than a fee by long-term, continuous, open, and hostile use and possession as determined by the law of a jurisdiction prescription> —see also easement by prescription at EASEMENT —compare adverse possession at POSSESSION
2 in the civil law of Louisiana a : the running of a period of time set by law after which a right is unenforceable in Louisiana courts but may be enforced in another state forum prescription> prescription of ten years>; also : the bar to an action that results from prescription —see also PEREMPTORY EXCEPTION —compare PEREMPTION b : the creation of a right by the running of a period of time set by law; especially : ACQUISITIVE PRESCRIPTION in this entry prescription —Louisiana Civil Code>
ac·quis·i·tive prescription
/&-'kwi-z&-tiv-/
: acquisition of ownership or other real rights in movables or immovables by continuous, uninterrupted, peaceable, public, and unequivocal possession for a period of time (as 10 years) set by law; also : such possession that creates real rights <acquisitive prescription is interrupted when the possessor acknowledges the right of the owner —Louisiana Civil Code>
NOTE: The Louisiana Civil Code has set various periods of time for acquisitive prescription of movables and immovables. With the shorter periods (as 10 years for immovables or 3 years for movables) the Code also requires that the possessor possess in good faith and under just title. Acquisitive prescription does not run in favor of a person having precarious possession, because he or she possess the property on behalf of or with permission of the owner, until the possessor begins to possess the property on his or her own behalf (as after a lease terminates).
liberative prescription
: a period of time set by law (as one year) after which legal action is barred if no steps have been taken to enforce or litigate the right liberative prescription of one year —Louisiana Civil Code>
NOTE: Liberative prescription is similar to the common-law statute of limitations.
prescription of nonuse
: the extinguishment or termination of a real right other than ownership as a result of the failure to exercise the right for a period of time (as 10 years) set by law; also : the period of time
3 : something prescribed as a rule prescription against such acts>
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pre·scrip·tion
Pronunciation: pri-'skrip-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : a written direction for the preparation, compounding,and administration of a medicine
2 : a prescribed remedy
3 : a written formula for the grinding of corrective lenses for eyeglasses
4 : awritten direction for the application of physical therapy measures (as directed exercise or electrotherapy) in cases of injury or disability
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

prescription pre·scrip·tion (prĭ-skrĭp'shən)
n.

  1. A written order, especially by a physician, for the preparation and administration of a medicine or other treatment.

  2. A prescribed medicine or other treatment.

  3. An ophthalmologist's or optometrist's written instruction, as for the grinding of corrective lenses.

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