A physician's prescription

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• Prescription drug — A drug requiring a prescription, as opposed to an over the counter drug, which can be purchased without one. The word "prescription" comes from the Latin "praescriptus" compounded from "prae", before + scribere, to… …   Medical dictionary

• prescription drug — noun Date: 1951 a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician s prescription …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Prescription — Pre*scrip tion (pr[ e]*skr[i^]p sh[u^]n), n. [F. prescription, L. praescriptio, an inscription, preface, precept, demurrer, prescription (in sense 3), fr. praescribere. See {Prescribe}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of prescribing, directing, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Prescription for Death — was the first episode on the long running crime drama television series Law Order . It was aired on September 13, 1990. Although it was the first episode of the series to air, it was not originally intended to be the pilot. Everybody s Favorite… …   Wikipedia

• physician-assisted suicide — n suicide by a patient facilitated by means or information (as a drug prescription or indication of the lethal dosage) provided by a physician who is aware of how the patient intends to use such means or information …   Medical dictionary

• Prescription (médecine) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Prescription et ℞. Dans l exercice de la médecine, la prescription désigne l acte par lequel un professionnel de santé habilité ordonne[Note 1] des recommandations thérapeutiques auprès d un patient[1] …   Wikipédia en Français

• Physician assistant — A physician assistant/associate (PA) is a healthcare professional trained and licensed to practice medicine with limited supervision by a physician.[1] Conte …   Wikipedia

• prescription — /pri skrip sheuhn/, n. 1. Med. a. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy. b. the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day. 2. an act of prescribing …   Universalium

• prescription drug — noun 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 • Syn: ↑prescription, ↑prescription medicine, ↑ethical drug • Ant: ↑over… …   Useful english dictionary

• Prescription abbreviations — A prescription, as is well known, is a physician s order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient. What may be less well known is that a prescription has several parts: {{}}The superscription (or heading) with the… …   Medical dictionary

• prescription — The acquisition of an easement by adverse user under claim of right for the prescriptive period. The acquisition of incorporeal hereditaments by adverse user. Plaza v Flak, 7 NJ 215, 81 A2d 137, 27 ALR2d 324. A presumption of grant from long… …   Ballentine's law dictionary