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prescription
- /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/
- /pɝˈskɹɪp.ʃən/ proscribed
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French prescripcion, from Latin praescriptio (“preface; pretext; something written ahead of time”), from prae- (“pre-, before”) + scribere (“to write”) + -tio (“-tion, forming nouns”). Equivalent to prescribe + -tion.
noun prescriptions · præscription
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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.
The surgeon had written thousands of prescriptions for pain killers without proper examinations before the police raided the clinic.
Similar: scrip, forescript, Rx, ℞
- The medicine or treatment provided by such an order. I need you to pick up gramma's prescriptions on your way home.
- Any plan of treatment or handling; the treatment or handling thus provided. Early to bed and early to rise is a prescription for a long, healthy, and terrible life.
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Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this.
A statute that cannot find justification for its prescription in one or more of these principles violates international law.
Similar: enactment
- 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.
- An established time period within which a right must be exercised and after which it is null and permanently unenforceable.
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An established time period after which a person who has uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly used another's property acquires full ownership of it.
Similar: acquisitive prescription, usucaption
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Synonym of self-restraint, limiting of one's actions especially according to a moral code or social conventions.
There is an air of prescription about him which is always agreeable to Sir Leicester; he receives it as a kind of tribute.
Similar: self-restraint, limiting of one's actions especially according to a moral code or social convent
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: prescription drug, ethical drug, medicine, pharmaceutical, medication, prescriber, drug, pharmacy, recipe, drugstore, treatment, potion, burning, therapy, ordonnance, scrip
Translations
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noun the act or practice of laying down norms of language usage; an instance of this
| Español | prescripción |
|---|---|
| Français | prescription |
| Română | prescripție |
| Русский | прескри́пция preskrípcija |
noun written order for the administration of a medicine
| Español | receta, medida |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 처방 cheobang, 처방전 cheobangjeon |
| 日本語 | 処方 shohō, 処方箋 shohōsen |
| 中文 | 藥方 /药方 yàofāng, 處方 /处方 chǔfāng |
| हिन्दी | नुसख़ा nusxā, प्रिस्क्रिप्शन priskripśan |
| Português | receita |
| Français | ordonnance |
| Deutsch | Rezept, Verschreibung |
| Italiano | ricetta, prescrizione |
| Ελληνικά | συνταγή syntagí |
| Română | rețetă |
| Русский | реце́пт recépt, предписа́ние predpisánije |
| Tiếng Việt | toa thuốc |
| العربية | وَصْفَة طِبِّيَّة waṣfa ṭibbiyya, وَصْفَة waṣfa |
| עברית | מִרְשָׁם mirshám |
noun prescribed medicine
| Español | remedios recetados, medicinas, medicamentos |
|---|---|
| Français | prescription |
noun plan of treatment or planned treatment
| Español | receta |
|---|---|
| Русский | лека́рство по реце́пту lekárstvo po recéptu |
noun the act of establishing a law or regulation in writing; an instance of this
| Español | prescripción |
|---|---|
| Français | prescription |
| Deutsch | Rechtssetzung |
| Italiano | direttiva, disposizione, ordine, norma, ricetta |
| Ελληνικά | παραγραφή paragrafí |
| Română | prescripție, recomandare |
| Русский | предписа́ние predpisánije, распоряже́ние rasporjažénije, прескри́пция preskrípcija |
noun extinctive or liberative prescription — see also statute of limitations
| Español | prescripción extintiva, prescripción liberatoria |
|---|---|
| Português | prescrição extintiva |
| Français | prescription extinctive, prescription libératoire |
| Deutsch | Verjährung |
| Italiano | prescrizione estintiva |
| Română | prescripția răspunderii penale |
| Русский | срок да́вности srok dávnosti, да́вность dávnostʹ |
| العربية | تَقَادُم taqādum |
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howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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