prescriptions

noun

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

written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person

a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist

directions prescribed beforehand

adjective

available only with a doctor's written prescription

Roots

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

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