Noun Definition

prescription

1.Definition: 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"

Category: Objects

2.Definition: directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

"I tried to follow her prescription for success"

Category: General

3.Definition: written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person

Category: General

4.Definition: 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

Category: General