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   prescription

   /prɪˈskrɪpʃn/

   noun

   • 1. an instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment: "he scribbled a prescription for tranquillizers" Similar instructionorderdirectionauthorizationinformal:scriptarchaic:recipe
   • ▪ the action of prescribing a medicine or treatment: "the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics"
   • ▪ a medicine or remedy that is prescribed: "I've got to pick up my prescription from the chemist's" Similar medicinedrugmedicationremedycuredosetreatmentpreparationmixturearchaic:physicrare:medicamentmedicinalnostrum
   • 2. a recommendation that is authoritatively put forward: "effective prescriptions for sustaining rural communities" Similar methodmeasurerecommendationsuggestionadvicerecipeformuladirection
   • ▪ the authoritative recommendation of an action or procedure: "rather than prescription there would be guidance"
   • 3. the establishment of a claim founded on the basis of a long or indefinite period of uninterrupted use or of long-standing custom.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a legal term): via Old French from Latin praescriptio(n-), from the verb praescribere (see prescribe). prescription (sense 1) dates from the late 16th century.

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