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How to pronounce prescription in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ethical drug, prescription drug, prescription medicine
Type of medicine, medicament, medication, medicinal drug
Has types refill


he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly.
Type Words


a prescription drug.
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Type of direction, instruction
Derivation prescribe


I tried to follow her prescription for success.
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Type of black and white, written communication, written language
Type Words
Type of written communication, black and white, written language

Examples of prescription

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He indicated he had a weapon in his pocket and demanded prescription medication.
From the tennessean.com
The researchers have a promising, simple and cheap prescription for the problem.
From the sciencedaily.com
About one in five Americans has a prescription to an opioid painkiller, he said.
From the online.wsj.com
She smiled and nodded, even accepted the prescription from my outstretched hand.
From the latimes.com
A low-dose version of Xenical, called Alli, is available without a prescription.
From the charlotteobserver.com
So why are people like you and me turning to prescription medications in droves?
From the dailyherald.com
The Great Recession provides a golden opportunity to test Maslow's prescription.
From the us.cnn.com
Walgreens now includes pets on its prescription savings club family memberships.
From the time.com
Prescription medications, 68 percent, were next, then OTC medicines, 48 percent.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Prescription(a): available only with a doctor's written prescription; "a prescription drug"
  • Directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; "I tried to follow her prescription for success"
  • Written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
  • 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
  • (prescribe) order: issue commands or orders for
  • (prescribed) set down as a rule or guide
  • Linguistic prescription (or prescriptivism) is the practice of elevating one variety or manner of language use over another. It may imply some forms are incorrect, improper, illogical, lack communicative effect, or are of low aesthetic value...
  • A prescription is a health-care program implemented by a physician or other medical practitioner in the form of instructions that govern the plan of care for an individual patient. Prescriptions may include orders to be performed by a patient, caretaker, nurse, pharmacist or other therapist. ...
  • In law, prescription is the method of sovereignty transfer of a territory through international law analogous to the common law doctrine of adverse possession for private real-estate. ...