prescription

Words with a similar base: prescription, prescription_drug, prescription_medicine

'prescription'

[prescription.n.01] as in: directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

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Examples:
I tried to follow her prescription for success

'prescription'

[prescription_drug.n.01] as in: a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist

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Examples:
he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly

'prescription'

[prescription.n.03] as in: written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person

'prescription'

[prescription.n.04] as in: 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

'prescription'

[prescription.a.01] as in: available only with a doctor's written prescription

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Examples:
a prescription drug