prescription

adj. of or pertaining to a medical prescription; obtainable only with a medical prescription (about a medication)

n. written order for a medication; instruction, directive; order, command

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Noun
1. directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; "I tried to follow her prescription for success"
(hypernym) direction, instruction
(derivation) order, prescribe, dictate
2. a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist; "he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly"
(synonym) prescription drug, prescription medicine, ethical drug
(hypernym) medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
(hyponym) refill
3. written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
(hypernym) written communication, written language
4. written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
(hypernym) written communication, written language

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Adjective
1. available only with a doctor's written prescription; "a prescription drug"
(synonym) prescription(a)
(antonym) nonprescription(a), over-the-counter(a)
(classification) medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug

nf. prescription, instructions

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