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prescription


 
  Grep  of  noun  prescription 
  prescription 
  prescription  drug 
  prescription  medicine 
 
  Overview  of  noun  prescription 
 
  The  noun  prescription  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  prescription  --  (directions  prescribed  beforehand;  the  action  of  prescribing  authoritative  rules  or  directions;  "I  tried  to  follow  her  prescription  for  success") 
  2.  (1)  prescription  drug,  prescription,  prescription  medicine,  ethical  drug  --  (a  drug  that  is  available  only  with  written  instructions  from  a  doctor  or  dentist  to  a  pharmacist;  "he  told  the  doctor  that  he  had  been  taking  his  prescription  regularly") 
  3.  prescription  --  (written  instructions  for  an  optician  on  the  lenses  for  a  given  person) 
  4.  prescription  --  (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) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  prescription 
 
  The  adj  prescription  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  prescription  --  ((of  medicinal  drugs)  available  only  with  a  doctor's  written  prescription;  "a  prescription  drug") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  prescription 
 
  1  sense  of  prescription 
 
  Sense  1 
  prescription(postnominal)  (vs.  nonprescription) 
 
  nonprescription(postnominal)  (vs.  prescription),  over-the-counter(postnominal) 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  prescription 
 
  1  sense  of  prescription 
 
  Sense  1 
  prescription(postnominal)  (vs.  nonprescription) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  prescription 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  prescription 
 
  prescription  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  prescription 
  nonprescription 
  prescription 
 
  Overview  of  noun  prescription 
 
  The  noun  prescription  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  prescription  --  (directions  prescribed  beforehand;  the  action  of  prescribing  authoritative  rules  or  directions;  "I  tried  to  follow  her  prescription  for  success") 
  2.  (1)  prescription  drug,  prescription,  prescription  medicine,  ethical  drug  --  (a  drug  that  is  available  only  with  written  instructions  from  a  doctor  or  dentist  to  a  pharmacist;  "he  told  the  doctor  that  he  had  been  taking  his  prescription  regularly") 
  3.  prescription  --  (written  instructions  for  an  optician  on  the  lenses  for  a  given  person) 
  4.  prescription  --  (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) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  prescription 
 
  The  adj  prescription  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  prescription  --  ((of  medicinal  drugs)  available  only  with  a  doctor's  written  prescription;  "a  prescription  drug") 



prescription definition