prescription
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Sense 1
- noun
- B1
A note that a doctor writes to say which medicine a person needs, so that a chemist can give it to them.
The doctor wrote a prescription and explained how often to take it.
You cannot buy these tablets without a prescription from a doctor.
I handed the prescription over the pharmacy counter and waited.
Common collocations: write a prescription · on prescription · a prescription for antibiotics · repeat prescription · prescription only
Part of: At the doctor's, Illnesses and symptoms
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
The medicine that a doctor has ordered for a patient, which the patient picks up at a chemist.
She collects her prescription from the pharmacy every four weeks.
Finish the whole prescription, even if you feel better sooner.
He keeps his prescription in a cupboard away from the children.
Common collocations: pick up a prescription · fill a prescription · run out of a prescription · a month's prescription
Part of: At the doctor's, Illnesses and symptoms, Shops and shopping
Forms
- plural
- prescriptions