Meaning Of The Word Prescription

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What's The Definition Of Prescription?

prescription
countable noun: A prescription is the piece of paper on which your doctor writes an order for medicine and which you give to a chemist or pharmacist to get the medicine.

prescription in American English
made according to, or purchasable only with, a doctor's prescription
the act of prescribing
adjective: sold only upon medical prescription; ethical
noun: a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy

prescription in the Pharmaceutical Industry
noun: A prescription is an order for medicine which a doctor writes, and which is given to a pharmacist to prepare and administer the medicine.

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