prescription

  • 31Prescription — A physician s order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient. A prescription has several parts. They include the superscription or heading with the symbol “R” or “Rx”, which stands for the word recipe (meaning, in… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 32prescription — pre·scrip·tion || prɪ skrɪpʃn n. written order for a medication; instruction, directive; order, command adj. of or pertaining to a medical prescription; obtainable only with a medical prescription (about a medication) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 33prescription — [prɪˈskrɪpʃən] noun [C] a piece of paper that a doctor gives you that says what type of medicine you need The drug is only available on prescription (= if you have a prescription).[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 34prescription — n. 1 the act or an instance of prescribing. 2 a a doctor s (usu. written) instruction for the composition and use of a medicine. b a medicine prescribed. 3 (in full positive prescription) uninterrupted use or possession from time immemorial or… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 35prescription — Usucaption U su*cap tion (?; 277), n. [L. usucapere, usucaptum, to acquire by long use; usu (ablative of usus use) + capere to take: cf. usucapio usucaption.] (Roman Law) The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36prescription — noun Etymology: partly from Middle English prescripcion establishment of a claim, from Anglo French, from Late Latin praescription , praescriptio, from Latin, act of writing at the beginning, order, limitation of subject matter, from… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 37prescription — noun 1》 an instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment. 2》 the action of prescribing. 3》 an authoritative recommendation or ruling. 4》 (also positive prescription) Law the… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 38prescription — pre•scrip•tion [[t]prɪˈskrɪp ʃən[/t]] n. 1) med a) med pha a written direction by a physician for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy b) the medicine prescribed 2) med an act of prescribing 3) med something prescribed 4) law a) the… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 39Prescription en droit francais — Prescription en droit français  Pour les autres articles nationaux, voir Prescription (droit). La prescription est un concept général de droit qui désigne la durée au delà de laquelle une action en justice, civile ou pénale, n est plus… …

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  • 40Prescription trentenaire — Prescription en droit français  Pour les autres articles nationaux, voir Prescription (droit). La prescription est un concept général de droit qui désigne la durée au delà de laquelle une action en justice, civile ou pénale, n est plus… …

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