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English adjective: prescription | |||
| 1. | prescription available only with a doctor's written prescription | ||
| Samples | A prescription drug. | ||
| Domain category | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | ||
| Antonyms | nonprescription, over-the-counter | ||
English noun: prescription | |||
| 1. | prescription (communication) directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions | ||
| Samples | I tried to follow her prescription for success. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | direction, instruction | ||
| 2. | prescription (artifact) a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist | ||
| Samples | He told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly. | ||
| Synonyms | ethical drug, prescription drug, prescription medicine | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | refill | ||
| Antonyms | over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine | ||
| 3. | prescription (communication) written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | black and white, written communication, written language | ||
| 4. | prescription (communication) written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | black and white, written communication, written language | ||
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