Synonyms for prescription
prɪˈskrɪp ʃənpre·scrip·tion

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1. prescription

   Synonyms:
   direction, order, recipe, usage, custom

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1. prescriptionnoun

   directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

   "I tried to follow her prescription for success"

   Synonyms:
   prescription drug, ethical drug, prescription medicine

2. prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drugnoun

   a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist

   "he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly"

   Synonyms:
   prescription drug, ethical drug, prescription medicine

3. prescriptionnoun

   written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person

   Synonyms:
   prescription drug, ethical drug, prescription medicine

4. prescriptionadjective

   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

   Synonyms:
   prescription drug, ethical drug, prescription medicine

5. prescription(a)adjective

   available only with a doctor's written prescription

   "a prescription drug"

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1. • Direction
   • Medicine
   • Written Communication

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1. prescriptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   custom, usage

2. prescriptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) recipe

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1. List of paraphrases for "prescription":

   recipe, prescribing, order, requirement, limitation, prescribed, 'ordonnance, ordinance, recipes

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1. Andy Murray:

   It's not up to me to decide the punishment, but if you're taking performance enhancing drugs and you fail a drugs test, you have to get suspended, if you're taking a prescription drug and you're not using it for what that drug was meant for, then you don't need it, so you're just using it for the performance enhancing benefits that drug is giving you. And I don't think that that's right.

2. David Mitchell:

   All across the country, people are struggling to pay for their prescription drugs, they're doing things like refinancing their homes and going without food to pay for their drugs.

3. David Fink:

   These programs can differ substantially between states, and some states change over time, one of the biggest challenges when you're doing this research is that you oftentimes say,' What is the effect of prescription drug monitoring programs ?' But it's tough to say what we mean by that.

4. Sarah Hyland:

   I’m not a person to be that dumb and that irresponsible when my life depends on prescription drugs. so, for all of you saying that, I would kindly like to tell you to go f--- off.

5. Chuck Schumer:

   This action only proves President Donald Trump and Donald Trump Department of Justice would rather make political points than defend our health care law that protects the 133 million Americans with pre-existing conditions, has provided tens of millions more Americans with health insurance coverage, and has lowered prescription drug costs for millions of seniors, president Trump wants to take all of that away from the American people, jacking up health care costs and leaving millions without coverage.