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pre⋅scrip⋅tion
[pri-skrip-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | Medicine/Medical.
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| 2. | an act of prescribing. |
| 3. | that which is prescribed. |
| 4. | Law.
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–adjective
| 5. | (of drugs) sold only upon medical prescription; ethical. Compare over-the-counter (def. 2). |
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| pre·scrip·tion (prĭ-skrĭp'shən) n.
[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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Prescription
Pre*scrip"tion\, n. [F. prescription, L. praescriptio, an inscription, preface, precept, demurrer, prescription (in sense 3), fr. praescribere. See Prescribe.]1. The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed. 2. (Med.) A direction of a remedy or of remedies for a disease, and the manner of using them; a medical recipe; also, a prescribed remedy. 3. (Law) A prescribing for title; the claim of title to a thing by virtue immemorial use and enjoyment; the right or title acquired by possession had during the time and in the manner fixed by law. --Bacon. That profound reverence for law and prescription which has long been characteristic of Englishmen. --Macaulay. Note: Prescription differs from custom, which is a local usage, while prescription is personal, annexed to the person only. Prescription only extends to incorporeal rights, such as aright of way, or of common. What the law gives of common rights is not the subject of prescription. Blackstone. Cruise. Kent. In Scotch law, prescription is employed in the sense in which limitation is used in England and America, namely, to express that operation of the lapse of time by which obligations are extinguished or title protected. Sir T. Craig. Erskine.
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Language Translation for : prescription
Spanish:
receta; prescripciónreceta; prescripción,
German:
verordnen, vorschreibendas Rezept,
Japanese:
処方せん
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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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
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
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
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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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prescription pre·scrip·tion (prĭ-skrĭp'shən)
n.
- A written order, especially by a physician, for the preparation and administration of a medicine or other treatment.
- A prescribed medicine or other treatment.
- An ophthalmologist's or optometrist's written instruction, as for the grinding of corrective lenses.
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