prescription

Adjective
  1. Available only with a doctor's written prescription (synset 301851973)
    "a prescription drug"
    referred to in: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Noun
  1. Directions prescribed beforehand;
    The action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions (synset 106801422)
    "I tried to follow her prescription for success"
    is a type of: direction, instruction - a message describing how something is to be done
  2. A drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist (synset 104005638)
    "he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly"
    is a type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
    subtypes: refill - a prescription drug that is provided again
    same as: ethical drug, prescription drug, prescription medicine
  3. Written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person (synset 106377447)
    is a type of: black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
  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 (synset 106377253)
    is a type of: black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)

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