- prescription - available only with a doctor's written prescription; "a prescription drug"
Antonyms: nonprescription, over-the-counter
- prescription - directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; "I tried to follow her prescription for success"
--1 is a kind of direction, instruction
Derived form: verb prescribe1 - prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug - 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"
--2 is a kind of medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
--2 has particulars: refill - prescription - written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
--3 is a kind of written communication, written language
- prescription - 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
--4 is a kind of written communication, written language
- prescription - 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