Prescription - Definition

adj 1: available only with a doctor's written prescription; "a
prescription drug" [ant: nonprescription(a), over-the-
counter(a)]
n 1: directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing
authoritative rules or directions; "I tried to follow her
prescription for success"
2: 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" [syn:
prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine,
ethical drug] [ant: over-the-counter drug, over-the-
counter medicine]
3: written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a
given person
4: 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