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Synonyms for prescription

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pri-skrip-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈskrɪp ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for prescription
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Définition of prescription

Origin :
  • late 14c., in law, "the right to something through long use," from Old French prescription (13c.) and directly from Latin praescriptionem (nominative praescriptio) "a writing before, order, direction," noun of action from past participle stem of praescribere "write before, prefix in writing; ordain, determine in advance," from prae "before" (see pre-) + scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). Medical sense of "written directions from a doctor" first recorded 1570s.
  • noun formula, medicine
Example sentences :
  • Duncan, alone in the store, was busy behind the prescription counter.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • I want details of the new process—the prescription, in fact.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • I cannot give you the prescription because it is a trade secret.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Von Holzen had destroyed the prescription before her on purpose.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • At the end he made a note in his card-index and wrote out a prescription.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • You say you'd be out of your mind in a week, if you adopted my prescription.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • Of course I should have realized that no advice or "prescription" could help me.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I began to lose faith in the "prescription" which he had promised so emphatically.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "You are going to take my prescription, after all," he crowed.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I'll send you a prescription for his heart, if he breathes too heavily.
  • Extract from : « Martians Never Die » by Lucius Daniel

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