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prescription

[ pri-skrip-shuhn ]

noun

  1. Medicine/Medical.
    1. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy.
    2. the medicine prescribed:

      Take this prescription three times a day.

  2. an act of prescribing.
  3. that which is prescribed.
  4. Law.
    1. Also called positive prescription. a long or immemorial use of some right with respect to a thing so as to give a right to continue such use.
    2. Also called positive prescription. the process of acquiring rights by uninterrupted assertion of the right over a long period of time.
    3. Also called negative prescription. the loss of rights to legal remedy due to the limitation of time within which an action can be taken.


adjective

  1. (of drugs) sold only upon medical prescription; ethical. Compare over-the-counter ( def 2 ).

prescription

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noun

    1. written instructions from a physician, dentist, etc, to a pharmacist stating the form, dosage strength, etc, of a drug to be issued to a specific patient
    2. the drug or remedy prescribed
  1. modifier (of drugs) available legally only with a doctor's prescription
    1. written instructions from an optician specifying the lenses needed to correct defects of vision
    2. ( as modifier )

      prescription glasses

  2. the act of prescribing
  3. something that is prescribed
  4. a long established custom or a claim based on one
  5. law
    1. the uninterrupted possession of property over a stated period of time, after which a right or title is acquired ( positive prescription )
    2. the barring of adverse claims to property, etc, after a specified period of time has elapsed, allowing the possessor to acquire title ( negative prescription )
    3. the right or title acquired in either of these ways
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of prescription1

1250–1300; Middle English < Medieval Latin ±è°ù²¹±ð²õ³¦°ùÄ«±è³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ±è°ù²¹±ð²õ³¦°ùÄ«±è³Ù¾±Å ) legal possession (of property), law, order, literally, a writing before, hence, a heading on a document. See prescript, -ion
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of prescription1

C14: from legal Latin ±è°ù²¹±ð²õ³¦°ù¾±±è³Ù¾±Å an order, prescription; see prescribe
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At Adelanto and Desert View Annex, files showed healthcare providers entered conflicting diagnoses and prescriptions that did not correspond to the diagnosis, the report said.

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Three-month and annual prescriptions prepayment certificates will also be frozen and existing exemptions will continue.

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Asked if his party would commit to keeping free prescriptions in Wales, Farage replied: "If we can, yes of course."

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I'd like to get your reaction to both his comments about your plan to support primary challengers, as well as his broader political prescription to just let Trump defeat himself.

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Justice Department after allegations that the pharmacy chain illegally filled millions of invalid prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances.

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