Meaning : Directions prescribed beforehand. The action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions.
Example :
I tried to follow her prescription for success.
Meaning : A drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist.
Example :
He told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly.
Synonyms : ethical drug, prescription drug, prescription medicine
Meaning : Written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person.
Meaning : 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.
Meaning : Available only with a doctor's written prescription.
Example :
A prescription drug.
Purchasable without a doctor's prescription.
Nonprescription drugs.