prescriptionnoun
uk/prɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/us/prɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/prescription noun (MEDICINE)
B1 [ C ] a piece of paper on which a doctor writes the details of the medicine or drugs that someone needs:
a doctor's prescription
a prescription for sedatives
The doctor should give you a repeat prescription (= another piece of paper allowing more of the same medicine to be given, often without the person seeing the doctor again).
These drugs are only available on prescription (= with a prescription from a doctor).
Prescription charges (= the standard amount of money you pay for any medicine prescribed by a doctor) are rising in June.
More examples
- improper prescription of medicines
- I was given the wrong tablets when the chemist misread my prescription.
- I got a prescription for some stronger painkillers.
- I must take that prescription to the chemist.
- When I bought my new glasses, they threw in a free pair of prescription sunglasses.
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Medicine in different forms
- anesthetic
- bolus
- counter
- dose
- drug
- hormone replacement therapy
- medicate
- medicinal
- meds
- ointment
- pharma
- placebo
- preparation
- radiotherapy
- restorative
- Rx
- tablet
- tonic
- topical
- vial
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prescription noun (RULE)
[ C or U ] formal the act of telling someone else what they must have or do:
So what is his prescription for success?
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Giving orders & commands
- all-points bulletin
- bade
- boss
- bossyboots
- chain of command
- charge
- crack the whip idiom
- defy
- demand
- enjoin
- expect
- forget
- harry
- lay down the law idiom
- mandate
- ordain
- order sb around
- overbearing
- prescribed
- steamroller
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