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. Senator Alexander:

   We found that there was a good deal of misunderstanding about what the CDC guideline was intended to do, theyre not supposed to be a substitute for an individual doctors decision about what the appropriate prescription is for a patient. We have this problem when the federal government or a government agency issues guidelines, they suddenly become law. People become afraid. You have insurance companies refusing to reimburse for opioid prescriptions. Its easier just to follow [ the guidelines ] rather than make your own decision.

2. Rahul Gupta:

   It is an evolving process because now we're seeing these pills, counterfeit drugs that are often being marketed through social media to impact youth, and the fact is…if you're attempting to obtain drugs anywhere other than prescription drugs through a legitimate pharmacy, two out of five chances are there that they will have fentanyl, often a lethal dose in it.

3. Daniel Bucheli:

   While President Donald Trump has expanded health care choices and decreased costs, not to mention lowered prescription drug prices and increased transparency in the industry, 2020 Democrats want to go far beyond Obamacare, the 2020 Democrat field is embracing a government takeover of health care under the' Medicare-for-all' banner that would eliminate private insurance, increase wait times, and decrease the quality of medical care.

4. Ian Paul:

   Even though we know metric units are safer and more accurate, too many healthcare providers are still writing that prescription using spoon-based dosing, some parents use household spoons to administer it, which can lead to dangerous mistakes.

5. Getty Images/Reuters -RRB- Sanders:

   It's not only those two, it is 50 Republicans who have been adamant not only in pushing an anti-Democratic agenda but also opposing our efforts to try to lower the costs of prescription drugs, trying to expand Medicare to include dental, hearing and eyeglasses, to improve the disastrous situation in home health care, in child care, to address the existential threat of climate change. You got 50 Republicans who don’t want to do anything, except criticize the president.