Synonyms for prescription
prɪˈskrɪp ʃənpre·scrip·tion

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1. prescription

   Synonyms:
   direction, order, recipe, usage, custom

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1. prescriptionnoun

   directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

   "I tried to follow her prescription for success"

   Synonyms:
   prescription drug, ethical drug, prescription medicine

2. prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drugnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   prescription drug, ethical drug, prescription medicine

3. prescriptionnoun

   written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person

   Synonyms:
   prescription drug, ethical drug, prescription medicine

4. prescriptionadjective

   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

   Synonyms:
   prescription drug, ethical drug, prescription medicine

5. prescription(a)adjective

   available only with a doctor's written prescription

   "a prescription drug"

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1. • Direction
   • Medicine
   • Written Communication

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1. prescriptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   custom, usage

2. prescriptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) recipe

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1. List of paraphrases for "prescription":

   recipe, prescribing, order, requirement, limitation, prescribed, 'ordonnance, ordinance, recipes

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1. Jennifer Aniston:

   The only reason I knew [that I had it] was because I went to get a prescription for glasses, i had to wear these Buddy Holly glasses. One had a blue lens and one had a red lens. And I had to read a paragraph, and they gave me a quiz, gave me 10 questions based on what I’d just read, and I think I got three right. Then they put a computer on my eyes, showing where my eyes went when I read. My eyes would jump four words and go back two words, and I also had a little bit of a lazy eye, like a crossed eye, which they always have to correct in photos.

2. Bobby Mukkamala:

   We believe that removing the prescription status of naloxone will allow for many emergency departments, health clinics, colleges, universities, high school and physicians offices to better distribute naloxone.

3. Peter Cardillo:

   Biotechs and tech were leaders and now they've reversed, earnings don't really support the valuations at this time, and I think the market needs to correct a bit. As we go into May I would say the best prescription would be to sell in May and go away.

4. President Biden:

   I've also made it really clear that if Republicans try to repeal the power we just gave Medicare to reduce prescription drug costs, I will veto it. I will not let that happen. If Republicans try to walk away from the historic commitment we just made to deal with the climate crisis, I will not let that happen.

5. Sara Rosenbaum:

   It is as if somebody came down with a magic marker and circled the states least equipped to deal with an abortion ban and with the largest percentage of their population falling into the most elevated risk categories, so, you are setting up a prescription for phenomenal effects in terms of maternal mortality, infant mortality, infant low birthweight, all of the risks that follow from these kinds of [ unplanned or unwanted ] pregnancies.