prescription

English

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Alternative forms

• præscription (archaic)

Noun

prescription (plural prescriptions)

1. (law) The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc..

   "Jurisdiction to prescribe" is a state's authority to make its laws applicable to certain persons or activities. -- Richard G. Alexander, Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996: Congress exceeds its jurisdiction to prescribe law. Washington and Lee Law Review, 1997.

2. (law) A period of time within which a right must be exercised, unless the right is extinguished.

   The prescription governing the victim’s right to enter a charge shall be interrupted by virtue of section 95 of the Criminal Code.

3. (medicine) A written order, as by a physician, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.

   The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy.

4. (medicine) The prescription medicine or intervention so prescribed.

   The pharmacist gave her a bottle containing her prescription.

5. (ophthalmology) The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc..

   The optician followed the optometrist's prescription for her new eyeglasses.

6. A piece of advice.

   "Early to bed and early to rise" is a prescription for a healthy lifestyle.

Translations

the act of prescribing a rule or law

• Dutch: uitvaardigen (nl)
• Finnish: säätäminen (fi)
• Greek: παραγραφή (el) (paragrafí) f (δικαιώματος (el) (dikaiómatos) n)

• Russian: предписание (ru) (predpisánije) n, распоряжение (ru) (rasporjažénije) n
• Spanish: prescripción (es) f

written order for the administration of a medicine

• Arabic: وصفة طبية (ar) (wáṣfa ṭabíyya) f
• Belarusian: рэцэпт (be) (recépt) m
• Bulgarian: рецепта (bg) (recépta) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藥方 (cmn), 药方 (cmn) (yàofāng), 處方 (cmn), 处方 (cmn) (chǔfāng)

• Czech: předpis (cs) m
• Dutch: voorschrift (nl) n, recept (nl) n
• Finnish: resepti (fi)
• French: ordonnance (fr) f
• Georgian: რეცეპტი (ka) (rec'epti)
• German: Rezept (de) n, Verschreibung (de) f
• Greek: συνταγή (el) (si[n]dayí) f
• Hungarian: recept (hu)

• Indonesian: resep dokter (id)
• Italian: ricetta (it) f
• Japanese: 処方 (ja) (しょほう, shohō)
• Korean: 처방 (ko) (cheobang) (處方 (ko))
• Macedonian: рецепт (mk) (recépt) m
• Norwegian: resept (no) m
• Polish: recepta (pl) f
• Portuguese: receita (pt) f
• Russian: рецепт (ru) (recépt) m, предписание (ru) (predpisánije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: riaghailt-lèigh (gd) f
• Spanish: receta (es) f
• Swedish: recept (sv) n
• Ukrainian: рецепт (uk) (recépt) m
• Vietnamese: toa thuốc (vi)

the prescribed medicine

• Finnish: reseptilääke (fi)

• Spanish: remedios recetados (es) m pl, medicinas (es) m pl

formal description of the lens geometry

• Finnish: resepti (fi)
• Greek: συνταγή (el) (si[n]dayí) f

• Norwegian: brilleseddel (no) m
• Spanish: receta (es) f

Adjective

prescription

1. (of a drug, etc.) only available with a physician's written prescription

   Many powerful pain killers are prescription drugs in the U.S.

Translations

available with prescription

• Dutch: recept (nl)
• Finnish: resepti-
• French: à prescription
• German: verschreibungspflichtig (de)

• Macedonian: препишан (mk) (prépišan) m
• Russian: рецепт (ru) (recept)
• Spanish: recetado, recetario
• Swedish: receptbelagd

See also

• proscription

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Jèrriais

Noun

prescription f (plural prescriptions)

1. prescription