prescription

adj. of or pertaining to a medical prescription; obtainable only with a medical prescription (about a medication)

n. written order for a medication; instruction, directive; order, command

Prescription has various meanings.Medical prescription, written by a health care professional to a pharmacistEyeglass prescription, written by an ophthalmologist or an optometristLinguistic prescription, the laying down of normative language rulesPrescription drug, a drug available only by a medical prescriptionPrescriptive period, similar to statute of limitations, applied to periods during which rights and obligations are legally enforceablePrescription (law), a doctrine in international law analogous to adverse possession where sovereignty over a territory is transferred from one state to another through prolonged acquiesence by the original sovereign of the recipient state's actions.Period of Prescription, a civil law system analogue to the common law institute of a statute of limitations
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Prescription /pre·scrip·tion/ a written directive for the preparation and administration of a remedy; see also inscription, signature, subscription, [more]Prescription - Community and Resources

Noun
1. directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; "I tried to follow her prescription for success"
(hypernym) direction, instruction
(derivation) order, prescribe, dictate
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"
(synonym) prescription drug, prescription medicine, ethical drug
(hypernym) medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
(hyponym) refill
3. written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
(hypernym) written communication, written language
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
(hypernym) written communication, written language
Adjective
1. available only with a doctor's written prescription; "a prescription drug"
(synonym) prescription(a)
(antonym) nonprescription(a), over-the-counter(a)
(classification) medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug

n. prescription, instructions