Underprescribe
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Underprescribe is a verb meaning (transitive) To prescribe (a drug) less frequently than appropriate (as operationally defined, for example, by absence of prescription despite an approved indication and without any documented rationale for the overriding medical opinion).
Meaning
(transitive) To prescribe (a drug) less frequently than appropriate (as operationally defined, for example, by absence of prescription despite an approved indication and without any documented rationale for the overriding medical opinion).
Word Forms
- underprescribes
- underprescribing
- underprescribed
Antonyms for underprescribe
Common opposites include overprescribe.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unprescribe, deprescribe, underdose, undertreat, underexaggerate, overdiscount.
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