prescription
pronunciation
How to pronounce prescription in British English:
UK [prɪˈskrɪpʃn]
How to pronounce prescription in American English:
US [prɪˈskrɪpʃn]
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- Noun:
- directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
- a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
- written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
- written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
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- Adjective:
- available only with a doctor's written prescription
Word Origin
- prescription (n.)
- late 14c., in law, "the right to something through long use," from Old French prescription (13c.) and directly from Latin praescriptionem (nominative praescriptio) "a writing before, order, direction," noun of action from past participle stem of praescribere "write before, prefix in writing; ordain, determine in advance," from prae "before" (see pre-) + scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). Medical sense of "written directions from a doctor" first recorded 1570s.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Raynor 's first prescription is to remember that persuasive storytelling requires that the storyteller leave out the weeds .
- 2. Ledger died of a prescription drug overdose last month .
- 3. The most headline-grabbing prescription was for europe 's banks .
- 4. Consider asking your doctor for prescription medications .
- 5. Is there anything I can buy without a prescription ?