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Definition:

(nou) directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions (nou) a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist (nou) written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person (nou) 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

Phonetic Transcription:

prɪˈskrɪpʃən

Examples:

This is the prescription of drugs for the mentality ill.

Opium at the time was the equivalent of a prescription drug.

The Government subsidy is the answer on all prescription medicines.

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