prescription

noun

(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.

(medicine) The medicine or treatment provided by such an order.

(figurative) Any plan of treatment or handling; the treatment or handling thus provided.

(law) An established time period within which a right must be exercised and after which it is null and permanently unenforceable.

(law) An established time period after which a person who has uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly used another's property acquires full ownership of it.

(law) Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this.

(linguistics) The act of establishing or formalizing ideal norms for language use, as opposed to describing the actual norms of such use; an instance of this.

(obsolete) Synonym of self-restraint, limiting of one's actions especially according to a moral code or social conventions.

Roots

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

Synonyms for prescription

prescriptn medicamentn formularyn drugn recipen

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