Prescription

Quick meaning: Prescription is a noun meaning (medicine) The medicine or treatment provided by such an order.

Meaning

(medicine) The medicine or treatment provided by such an order.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Any plan of treatment or handling; the treatment or handling thus provided.
2. (law) Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this.
3. (law) An established time period within which a right must be exercised and after which it is null and permanently unenforceable.
4. (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.
5. (linguistics) The act of establishing or formalizing ideal norms for language use, as opposed to describing the actual norms of such use; an instance of this.
6. (law) An established time period after which a person who has uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly used another's property acquires full ownership of it.
7. (obsolete) Synonym of self-restraint, limiting of one's actions especially according to a moral code or social conventions.

Example Sentences

I need you to pick up gramma's prescriptions on your way home.

Early to bed and early to rise is a prescription for a long, healthy, and terrible life.

Change is the universal prescription for a wounded spirit. "It will do you so much good," is the constant remark.

A statute that cannot find justification for its prescription in one or more of these principles violates international law.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for prescription

Depending on context, synonyms include scrip, forescript, Rx, enactment, usucaption, self-restraint.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include medicine, pharmaceutical, medication, prescriber, drug, pharmacy.

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