prescription

/pɹəskɹˈɪpʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
   “I tried to follow her prescription for success”
2. a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
   “he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly”
3. written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
4. 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

adjective

1. available only with a doctor's written prescription
   “a prescription drug”

Synonyms for prescription

• prescription drug
• prescription medicine
• ethical drug

Antonyms of prescription

• nonprescription

Words that rhyme with prescription

• transcription
• subscription
• description
• inscription
• proscription
• conniption
• conscription
• encryption
• nonprescription