prescription
Medicine/Medical.
a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy.
the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day.
an act of prescribing.
that which is prescribed.
Law.
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.
Also called positive prescription . the process of acquiring rights by uninterrupted assertion of the right over a long period of time.
Also called negative prescription . the loss of rights to legal remedy due to the limitation of time within which an action can be taken.
(of drugs) sold only upon medical prescription; ethical.: Compare over-the-counter (def. 2).
Origin of prescription
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How to use prescription in a sentence
“We were finding people in possession of thousands of paper prescriptions,” he said.
No More Paper Prescriptions: Docs Fight Fraud by Going Electronic | Dale Eisinger | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTVeterinarians may continue prescribing the old-fashioned way, without exemption, as can prescriptions to be filled out of state.
No More Paper Prescriptions: Docs Fight Fraud by Going Electronic | Dale Eisinger | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe last arm of the bill is universal e-prescribing for all prescriptions.
No More Paper Prescriptions: Docs Fight Fraud by Going Electronic | Dale Eisinger | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy March 27, 2015, all prescriptions in the state of New York must be filed electronically.
No More Paper Prescriptions: Docs Fight Fraud by Going Electronic | Dale Eisinger | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSince its enactment in 1997, 752 Oregonians have used prescriptions for lethal medications for their intended purpose.
The Beautiful Newlywed Who Made the Right Change Its Mind on Physician-Assisted Death | Samantha Allen | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The series of prescriptions and suggestions with regard to children, for instance, could be read in chronological sequence.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbWhether these prescriptions are good or bad, they are prescriptions which exact the performance of certain actions.
My Religion | Leo TolstoyAt length I began even to make up drugs myself according to Voit's prescriptions.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. | Solomon MaimonThe "Physician's Pledge" was circulated, and much sentiment created against alcoholic prescriptions.
Two Decades | Frances W. Graham and Georgeanna M. GardenierGreat reliance is in general placed upon prescriptions, which profess to suit diseases in every stage and circumstance.
A Treatise on Sheep: | Ambrose Blacklock
British Dictionary definitions for prescription
/ (prɪˈskrɪpʃən) /
written instructions from a physician, dentist, etc, to a pharmacist stating the form, dosage strength, etc, of a drug to be issued to a specific patient
the drug or remedy prescribed
(modifier) (of drugs) available legally only with a doctor's prescription
written instructions from an optician specifying the lenses needed to correct defects of vision
(as modifier): prescription glasses
the act of prescribing
something that is prescribed
a long established custom or a claim based on one
law
the uninterrupted possession of property over a stated period of time, after which a right or title is acquired (positive prescription)
the barring of adverse claims to property, etc, after a specified period of time has elapsed, allowing the possessor to acquire title (negative prescription)
the right or title acquired in either of these ways
Origin of prescription
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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