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prescribed

[pri-skrahybd]

adjective

  1. dictated or indicated as a rule or course of action to be followed.

    To limit your definition of art to certain prescribed forms is to cut yourself off from the bulk of human existence.

  2. Medicine/Medical.(of a medicine, treatment, etc.) recommended or ordered by a qualified practitioner.

    Test results for legal or prescribed drugs are returned in about two minutes.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of prescribe.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonprescribed adjective
  • self-prescribed adjective
  • unprescribed adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

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The actor was taking legal, prescribed amounts of the drug to treat his depression, but wanted more than what was prescribed.

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But I was with Len Nielson, chief of prescribed burns for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, who stayed as cool as the other side of the pillow.

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Eventually, my mother died in a highly regarded long-term care complex without hospice support and with no prescribed opioids.

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Still, some believe they are inappropriately prescribed for too long, or in cases when lifestyle changes or psychotherapy should be tried first.

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It also bars him from possessing related surgical equipment or any antibiotics typically used in such treatments, unless prescribed for his own use.

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