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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")
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