See Also: prescription(dictionary)
non-prescription(dictionary)
prescription(encyclopedia)
prescription(dictionary)
prescription(medicine)
Bid (on prescription)(health)
Bis in die (on prescription)(health)
Prescription(health)
Prescription medicine(health)
Prescription drug(health)

prescription (oh)



a piece of paper on which a doctor writes what medicine a sick person should have, so that they can get it from a pharmacist
-see also prescribe prescribe prescription for
::a prescription for sleeping pills
::We are trying to cut the price of prescription drugs .
::a repeat prescription (=one that you have regularly)
fill a prescription AmE (=get the drugs a doctor has written that you need)
::I got the prescription filled on the way home.
a particular medicine or treatment ordered by a doctor for a sick person
::If you're pregnant, you can get free prescriptions.
on prescription
BrE by prescription AmE
a drug that you get on prescription can only be obtained with a written order from the doctor
-see also over the counter over the counter
an idea or suggestion about how you should behave, or how to make a situation, activity etc successful
prescription for
::The party's main prescription for educational problems was to give schools more money.