prescription.

1. A qualified clinician's instruction for a medicine or other treatment.

2. A stated rule or recommended course of action for dealing with a problem.

3. The acquisition or loss of certain legal rights through the passage of a specified period.

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Words that belong together

• repeat prescription
• prescription medication

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The pharmacist checked the dosage on the prescription.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular prescription; plural prescriptions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.