| 单词 | prescription |
| 释义 | prescription /pri skrip"sheuhn/, n. 1. Med. a. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy. b. the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day. 2. an act of prescribing. 3. that which is prescribed. 4. Law. a. a long or immemorial use of some right with respect to a thing so as to give a right to continue such use. b. the process of acquiring rights by uninterrupted assertion of the right over a long period of time. adj. 5. (of drugs) sold only upon medical prescription; ethical. Cf. over-the-counter (def. 2). [1250-1300; ME < ML praescription- (s. of praescriptio) legal possession (of property), law, order, lit., a writing before, hence, a heading on a document. See PRESCRIPT, -ION] |
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