PRESCRIPTION

Definition of PRESCRIPTION

  1. (noun)directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
  2. (noun)a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
  3. (noun)written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
  4. (noun)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
  5. (adj)available only with a doctor's written prescription