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  1. noun The act of establishing official rules, laws, or directions.
  2. noun Something prescribed as a rule.
  3. noun A written order, especially by a physician, for the preparation and administration of a medicine or other treatment.
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  • If she were patient, she could even wait until the prescription was again refilled. —  F ;SF - vol 088 issue 05 - May 1995
  • I'm a big fan of market solutions, but I have a hard time seeing how your prescription is applicable here. —  Grist - the Latest from Grist
  • "Most people who come to ERs and primary care offices really just need advice or a prescription, and that's the only way they can get it," Justin says. —  EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News
  • Saint-Simon's work has been described as the prescription for Sir Francis Bacon's prophetic vision of a technocratic society (Fischer 69).
  • Dr. Tiki writes the drink "prescription," Johnny Johnny, in his capacity as bartender, fills the prescription, and Lala is there to dance and otherwise distract viewers from questioning any plot irregularities. —  Apple Matters
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  1. Middle English prescripcion, establishment of a claim, from Old French prescription, from Medieval Latin praescrīptiō, praescrīptiōn-, from Latin, introduction, precept, from praescrīptus, past participle of praescrībere, to order; see prescribe.

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  1. from French prescription = Spanish prescripcion = Portuguese prescripção = Italian prescrizione, from Latin præscriptio(n-), a writing before or in front, a title, preface, pretext, precept, order, rule, law, exception, demurrer, Middle Latin prescription, a prescriptive right, etc., from præscribere, past participle præscriptus, prescribe: see prescribe.
 

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/prəˈskrɪpʃən/
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