prescribing

verb

(medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).

To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.

(law) To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription).

(law) To become invalidated or unenforceable by prescription, to lapse

Roots

praepre- · Latin · before, in front scribo-scrib · Latin · write

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