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.
You will have to take your prescription to a chemist.
2. countable noun
A prescription is a medicine which a doctor has told you to take.
The prescription Ackerman gave me isn't doing any good.
See on prescription
3. countable noun
A prescription is a proposal or a plan which gives ideas about how to solve a problem or improve a situation.
...the economic prescriptions of Ireland's main political parties.
More Synonyms of prescription
prescription in British English
(prɪˈskrɪpʃən)
noun
1.
a.
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
b.
the drug or remedy prescribed
2. (modifier)
(of drugs) available legally only with a doctor's prescription
3.
a.
written instructions from an optician specifying the lenses needed to correct defects of vision
b.
(as modifier)
prescription glasses
4.
the act of prescribing
5.
something that is prescribed
6.
a long established custom or a claim based on one
7. law
a.
the uninterrupted possession of property over a stated period of time, after which a right or title is acquired (positive prescription)
b.
the barring of adverse claims to property, etc, after a specified period of time has elapsed, allowing the possessor to acquire title (negative prescription)
c.
the right or title acquired in either of these ways
Word origin
C14: from legal Latin praescriptiō an order, prescription; see prescribe
prescription in American English
(priˈskrɪpʃən; prɪˈskrɪpʃən)
noun
1.
the act of prescribing
2.
something prescribed; order; direction; prescript
3.
a.
a doctor's written direction for the preparation and use of medicine, the grinding of lenses for eyeglasses, etc.
b.
a medicine so prescribed
4.
a.
a long-established, authoritative custom
b.
a claim based on this
5. Law
a.
the acquirement of the title or right to something through its continued use or possession from time immemorial or over a long period
b.
a right or title so acquired
adjective
6.
made according to, or purchasable only with, a doctor's prescription
prescription lenses; a prescription drug
Word origin
ME prescripcion < L praescriptio
prescription in the Pharmaceutical Industry
(prɪskrɪpʃən)
Word forms: (regular plural) prescriptions
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Administration)
A prescription is an order for medicine which a doctor writes, and which is given to a pharmacist to prepare and administer the medicine.
The new drug does not require a physician's prescription - it can be bought over the counter.
The pharmacist cannot dispense certain medicines without a doctor's prescription.
A prescription is an order for medicine which a doctor writes, and which is given to a pharmacistto prepare and administer the medicine.
Examples of 'prescription' in a sentence
prescription
He was taken to hospital and admitted to intensive care with an overdose of prescription drugs.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
When a patient comes into the surgery the doctor wants to give them something that will help and the patient expects a prescription.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He forced them to open the safe and emptied it of cash, plus expensive watches and prescription drugs.
The Sun (2016)
Officers found them dead from a drugs overdose in a case that has cast fresh light on the nation's heroin and prescription drug epidemic.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The same section of people account for 81 per cent of criminal convictions and around 75 per cent of all drug prescriptions.
The Sun (2016)
But is his prescription the right one?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
So get those repeat prescription requests in in good time.
The Sun (2014)
The other half are given on prescription or free by family planning clinics.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
How aware was she of his prescription drug dependency?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Just one fewer prescription per person could save millions of pounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He has blamed his rampage on a reaction to prescription medicine.
The Sun (2010)
You can buy it directly from the chemist without a prescription.
Westcott, Patsy Alternative Health Care for Women (1991)
Perhaps it was time to get a prescription.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The bit they do get hot under the collar about is taking prescription to the chemist.
The Sun (2007)
To find your particular prescription medicine in this chapter you need to know either its generic or brand name.
Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley (ed) The Medicine Chest - your family's guide to prescription drugs (1988)
It might not guarantee that a patient would always gets the right prescription from the outset but it would increase the chances.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Last year it supplied more than 530 million patient prescriptions.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
What information is included in a doctor 's prescription?
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
The job could be done just as easily with existing prescription forms, said the official.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Some people will require the most aggressive treatment available, in the form of prescription drugs.
Kowalski, Robert E The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (1990)
Recent research suggests that stressed GPs are more likely than smiling ones to throw prescriptions at a problem.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His prescriptions have economic logic.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
FAMILY doctors are giving hundreds of thousands of patients the wrong prescription, a study suggests.
The Sun (2015)
Politicians will, correctly, protest that most patients get their prescriptions free.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
prescription
British English: prescription /prɪˈskrɪpʃən/ NOUN
A prescription is a medicine which a doctor has told you to take, or the form on which the doctor has written the details of that medicine.
He gave me a prescription for some cream.
American English: prescription
Arabic: وَصْفَةٌ طِبِيَّة
Brazilian Portuguese: receita médica
Chinese: 处方
Croatian: liječnički recept
Czech: recept lékařský
Danish: recept
Dutch: recept doktersrecept
European Spanish: receta médica
Finnish: lääkemääräys
French: ordonnance
German: Rezept Apotheke
Greek: ιατρική συνταγή
Italian: ricetta medica
Japanese: 処方箋
Korean: 처방
Norwegian: resept
Polish: recepta
European Portuguese: receita médica
Romanian: rețetă
Russian: рецепт
Latin American Spanish: receta fórmula médica
Swedish: recept apotek
Thai: ใบสั่งจ่ายยา
Turkish: reçete
Ukrainian: рецептмедичний
Vietnamese: đơn thuốc
All related terms of 'prescription'
on prescription
If a medicine is available on prescription , you can only get it from a chemist or pharmacist if a doctor gives you a prescription for it.
prescription drug
A prescription drug is a medicine that you can buy only if you have a doctor's prescription for it.
prescription pad
a pad of prescriptions used by doctors , etc
negative prescription
the barring of adverse claims to property, etc, after a specified period of time has elapsed , allowing the possessor to acquire title
positive prescription
the uninterrupted possession of property over a stated period of time, after which a right or title is acquired
prescription charge
a charge, set by the government, to be paid by a patient for medicines
prescription glasses
spectacles the lenses of which have been made specifically to match the wearer's defects of vision
repeat prescription
A repeat prescription is a prescription for a medicine that you have taken before or that you use regularly.
prescription medication
Medication is medicine that is used to treat and cure illness .
pom
A pom is the same as a → pommy .
Chinese translation of 'prescription'
prescription
(prɪˈskrɪpʃən)
n(c)
(Med)
(= slip of paper) 处(處)方 (chǔfāng) (个(個), gè)
(= medicine) 药(藥)方 (yàofāng) (个(個), gè)
to make up a prescription配方 (pèifāng)
to give sb a prescription for sth给(給)某人开(開)用于(於)某事的处(處)方 (gěi mǒurén kāi yòngyú mǒushì de chǔfāng)
"only available on prescription""凭(憑)处(處)方购(購)买(買)" ("píng chǔfāng gòumǎi")
1 (noun)
Definition
written instructions from a doctor for the preparation and use of a medicine
These drugs are freely available without a prescription.
Synonyms
instruction
No reason for this instruction was given.
direction
formula
script (informal)
recipe
2 (noun)
Definition
the medicine prescribed
I'm not sleeping, even with that new prescription the doctor gave me.
Synonyms
medicine
herbal medicines
drug
The drug will treat those infected.
treatment
a new treatment for eczema
preparation
a specially formulated natural skin preparation
cure
There is still no cure for the common cold.
mixture
dose
A dose of penicillin can wipe out infection.
remedy
natural remedies to overcome winter infections
3 (noun)
the prescription for electoral success
Synonyms
method
measure
direction
formula
The new peace formula means hostilities have ended.
recommendation
recipe
Additional synonyms
in the sense of cure
Definition
a means of restoring health or improving a situation
There is still no cure for the common cold.
Synonyms
remedy,
treatment,
medicine,
healing,
antidote,
corrective,
panacea,
restorative,
nostrum
in the sense of dose
Definition
a specific quantity of a medicine taken at one time
A dose of penicillin can wipe out infection.
Synonyms
measure,
amount,
allowance,
portion,
prescription,
ration,
draught,
dosage,
potion
in the sense of drug
Definition
any substance used in the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of disease
The drug will treat those infected.
Synonyms
medication,
medicine,
remedy,
panacea,
elixir,
physic,
medicament
Synonyms of 'prescription'
prescription
Explore 'prescription' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of formula
Definition
a plan or set of rules for doing or producing something
The new peace formula means hostilities have ended.