Misprescribe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Misprescribe is a verb meaning To prescribe (a medicine) erroneously.
Meaning
To prescribe (a medicine) erroneously.
Example Sentences
Disagreeing with Iowa’s nosologist, Ms. Petersen says the lethal consequences of overprescribed or misprescribed drugs are too readily accepted as “natural” death.
Even in a case where the doctor and the pharmacist somehow misprescribed and misdispensed, it seems obvious that the consumer would see that the product was for weight loss and would not accept it in place of an allergy relief medication.
Word Forms
- misprescribes
- misprescribing
- misprescribed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misperceive, misdispense, misprovide, misgive, misdoctor, misdeclare.
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