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- verb To
prescribe (a medicine) erroneously.
Etymologies
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mis- + prescribe
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Examples
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You just don't want to get rid of good drugs and good treatment but likewise you don't want to misprescribe.
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Medical studies have consistently shown that doctors over-prescribe - and often misprescribe - drugs.
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