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nouna drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacisttype of:
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adjectiveavailable only with a doctor's written prescriptionOpposite:
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noundirections prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directionstype of:
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nounwritten instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
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nounwritten instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
Examples of prescription
- "he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly"
- "a prescription drug"
- "I tried to follow her prescription for success"