nonprescription

English

Etymology

non- +‎ prescription

Adjective

nonprescription (not comparable)

1. (of medicine) Not requiring a prescription; over-the-counter.
   • 1991 April 22, Elizabeth Yukins, “Needle Exchange Cases Could Alter Law”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

     Rep. Byron Rushing (D-Boston) has introduced a bill into the Committee on Health Care that would allow nonprescription sales and possession of needles. Massachusetts is one of 11 states in the U.S. that currently requires a prescription to purchase a needle.

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     Then he called his doctor and requested a sleep aid, a short-term prescription, something a little more potent than the nonprescription stuff.