English
Noun
en-noun
- 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.
- 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.
- the medicine or intervention so prescribed
#: The pharmacist gave her a bottle containing her prescription.
- the formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc.
#: The optician followed the optometrist's prescription for her new eyeglasses.
- 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|Ù�صÙ�Ø© طبÙ�Ø© IPAchar|(wáÊ�faÊ� Ê�abÃyya) f
Chinese: �� (yà of�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
- (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: Ã #French|prescription
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Russian: �е�еп�
Spanish: recetado, recetario
Swedish: receptbelagd
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See also
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