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Noun
en-noun

1. the act of prescribing a rule, law, etc.

#:"Jurisdiction to prescribe" is a state's authority to make its laws applicable to certain persons or activities. -- Richard G. Alexander, Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996: Congress exceeds its jurisdiction to prescribe law. Washington and Lee Law Review, 1997.

1. a written order, as by a physician, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention

#: The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy.

1. the medicine or intervention so prescribed

#: The pharmacist gave her a bottle containing her prescription.

1. the formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc.

#: The optician followed the optometrist's prescription for her new eyeglasses.

1. advice

#: "Early to bed and early to rise" is a prescription for a healthy lifestyle.

Translations
trans-top|the act of prescribing a rule or law
Finnish: säätäminen
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trans-top|written order for the administration of a medicine
Arabic: Arab|�ص�ة طب�ة IPAchar|(wá�fa� �abíyya) f
Chinese: �� (yàof�ng)
Dutch: voorschrift n, recept n
Finnish: resepti
French: ordonnance f
German: Rezept n
Hungarian: recept
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Italian: ricetta f
Japanese: �� (����, shoh�)
Korean: �방 (cheobang)
Portuguese: receita f
Russian: п�едпи�ание (predpisánije) n
Spanish: receta f
Swedish: recept n
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trans-top|the prescribed medicine
Finnish: reseptilääke
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trans-top|formal description of the lens geometry
Finnish: resepti
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Adjective
prescription

1. (of a drug, etc.) only available with a physician's written prescription

#: Many powerful pain killers are prescription drugs in the U.S.

Translations
trans-top|available with prescription
Dutch: recept
Finnish: resepti-
French: à #French|prescription
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Russian: �е�еп�
Spanish: recetado, recetario
Swedish: receptbelagd
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See also
proscription

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• 2007-11-30 15:01 - SemperBlotto - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/66.99.190.2|66.99.190.2]] ([[User_talk:66.99.190.2|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Stephen G. Brown|Stephen G. Brown]]

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