prescription

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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. An 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) n.) Spanish: prescripción (es) f.

written order for the administration of a medicine

Arabic: وصفة طبية (wáSfa(t) Tabíyya) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 藥方, 药方 (cmn) (yàofāng) 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)

Italian: ricetta (it) f. Japanese: 処方 (ja) (しょほう, shohō) Korean: 처방 (cheobang) 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) (retsept) 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) Spanish: recetado, recetario Swedish: receptbelagd

See also

• proscription