Definition of prescription in English:

prescription

noun prɪˈskrɪpʃ(ə)nprəˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n

1An instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment.
处方，药方
he scribbled a prescription for tranquillizers
他草草地开了张镇定剂药方。
mass noun the lotion is available on prescription
这种药剂凭处方购买。
Example sentencesExamples
- If your patient has a prescription for a medication for mood control, take it with you and use it when he/she begins to become anxious.
- The only difference is that that member wants to force people to follow one prescription rather than actually to work with people and use the brains of the whole industry.
- Pharmacists have been given the go-ahead to issue repeat prescriptions without involving family doctors and to sell medicines which have only been available on prescription.
- Properly written prescriptions will help ensure continuity of care in the patient's local community.
- In brief, the general practitioner writes a prescription which the patient takes to the pharmacist.
- Then I go to attend to my patients and write prescriptions and directions for their ailments.
- I wrote a bunch of prescriptions and sent seven patients home from the hospital.
- Correct patient identification and clear written prescriptions are important components of the safe administration of drugs in hospital.
- Use of computers for issuing prescriptions increased prescribing of generic drugs, and use of computers for test ordering led to cost savings and fewer unnecessary tests.
- Writing clear and concise directions on the prescription will assist the patient in appropriate use of the medication.
- Prescriptions must only be signed by the prescriber at the time prescriptions are written for a specific patient.
- The surgeon gives the patient a prescription for supervised physical therapy.
- If this is an ongoing problem, ask your prescriber to write the prescription for the dosage form you can take most comfortably.
- It has been alleged that Ting employed an unlicensed technician who saw patients and wrote prescriptions.
- A computer glitch at one general practice resulted in prescriptions being issued with the real cost of the drug printed alongside each item.
- A doctor will write you a prescription for pain medication.
- The authors conclude that at least 7 percent of prescriptions written for pediatric patients in the emergency department are not filled.
- In order to write a prescription the recipient of the prescription must be a patient in their clinic and have a chart.
- We considered patients as currently receiving a drug if their last prescription was issued within 90 days before the index date.
- He examined my lesions through a magnifying glass, quickly wrote down a prescription of drugs, and, handing it to us, asked us to come for follow up after a week.
- I'm looking forward to being able to write prescriptions and referral letters with the click of a button.
Synonyms
instruction, order, direction, authorization
informal script
archaic recipe
1. 1.1mass noun The action of prescribing a medicine or treatment.
  开处方，开药方
  the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics
  无必要开的抗生素。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The expensive and effective marketing of pharmaceutical companies has made a generation of physicians well versed in the prescription of antidepressants.
  But at the same time there are questions whether we may have become too responsive to any signs of depression, particularly when it comes to the prescription of antidepressants.
  Doctors will usually be less able than exercise teachers to advise on the individualised prescription of particular exercises or activities.
  In parallel with the increase use of stimulants given to children has been a growth of childhood depression and the prescription of antidepressants such as Prozac.
  Exercise and dietary therapy precedes prescription of medication by physicians.
  It can arise due to poor adherence to treatment, inappropriate prescription, irregular drug supply, or poor drug quality.
  Quite the opposite, the aim of this paper is to increase awareness that a universal exercise and dietary prescription for reducing heart disease risk is not appropriate.
  A physician in England implemented the concept of a safety-net antibiotic prescription.
  These results may have consequences for more targeted prescription of ocular antibiotics.
  For respiratory tract infections, the primary goal was to rationalise prescribing, indicated by antibiotic prescription.
  The inverse association between death and prescription for antibiotics, which seemed to be confined in the main to the under 45 age group, has not to our knowledge been reported before.
  The rate of antibiotic prescription varies enormously between countries and between groups within countries.
  Inappropriate use of the available data could result in prescription of incorrect dosages.
  The general practitioners recorded days of illness, physical signs, and antibiotic prescription.
2. 1.2 A medicine or remedy that is prescribed.
  处方药
  I've got to pick up my prescription from the chemist's
  我得到药房取药。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Additionally her spirit was being calmed and her moods and concentration were considered within the herbal prescription.
  At the chemist picking up my prescription, I saw two young guys standing in line.
  Thus, the principles of exercise prescription for heart failure patients are similar to those for healthy people.
  Zhang reported about 200 different prescriptions of herbs effective for treating epilepsy.
  But with prescriptions like antibiotics, the medication must be finished for it to be effective.
  Although medication is often part of a successful treatment approach, school personnel are usually not directly involved in recommending a prescription.
  In spite of some of the mysterious remedies, other prescriptions, as he said, came out of the theory of Chinese medicine - using acupuncture and herbs.
  The Lancet letter also gave details of the herbal prescription which this patient supposedly was taking.
  In the USA, a man took a traditional herbal prescription containing 36 ingredients.
  The same diet prescription was adopted by all the participants.
  Angus waited outside whilst I went in and bought Gerald's medicine, a continuing prescription routinely picked up once a month.
  My mother passed away last year and I took her prescriptions to my local pharmacy.
  Synonyms
  medicine, drug, medication, remedy, cure, dose, treatment, preparation, mixture
  archaic physic
  rare medicament, medicinal, nostrum
2A recommendation that is authoritatively put forward.
权威推荐
effective prescriptions for sustaining rural communities
维持乡村社区的有效权威推荐。
Example sentencesExamples
- Put that way, those recommendations sound like a prescription for improvement of ecology in general, not just studies of urbanization effects.
- There is much to recommend Lodal's prescription but less reason to believe it will be embraced.
- Is the Human Development Report's prescription convincing?
- Sadly, it seems that what matters to Judge Becker is not what courts say, but what the executive has said - and what the best policy prescription may be.
- We believe that the economic policy prescriptions of the current government are fundamentally correct.
- All parties have their own prescriptions for giving a boost to the rural economy and creating more jobs.
- In the end, few doctors will object to the basic prescription: Avoid drastic procedures that probably won't help and might actually do harm.
- Your institution may have recommendations or prescriptions about the form this should take.
- Even if I could do it, it's impossible to spell out a detailed policy prescription in a blog.
- It is making a completely new prescription in terms of what was the effect or result of the 1947 Act.
- There was no width prescription in the case of private roads.
- However, the letter demonstrates that recommendations and prescriptions for society often reflect individual biases and belief systems.
Synonyms
method, measure
recommendation, suggestion, advice, recipe, formula, direction
1. 2.1mass noun The authoritative recommendation of an action or procedure.
  规定；指定
  rather than prescription there would be guidance
  与其规定，不如引导。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is difficult to offer prescription on this point.
  He offers no formulaic prescription in this book.
  The strength of the book, however, lies in historical description rather than in theological prescription.
  Sex education in schools is no bad thing, providing it scores high on non-judgemental advice and information and low on recommendation and prescription.
  The power of his book lies not in prescription, but rather in his acute, erudite and provocative historical analysis.
  For instance, if we do not have much prescription in the legislation, there is no constraint on officials.
3Law
mass noun The establishment of a claim founded on the basis of a long or indefinite period of uninterrupted use or of long-standing custom.
〔律〕取得的时效（根据长期或不确定时期持续使用或以长期习惯为基础确立的要求权）
Example sentencesExamples
- But their immediate impact on the political structure, at a time when the power of prescription and force of custom were over-riding, is difficult to assess.
- Lastly, the defence of prescription does not apply to public nuisance because no one can acquire the right to commit a crime.
- Traditionally, it was accepted that wives and children were subordinate and subservient to the husband father, either because of biblical prescription or natural inferiority.
- In order to acquire a right to an easement or right-of-way by prescription, a party must show a clear period of continuous use for a period of twenty years.
- The evidence required to establish title by prescription will vary with the nature of the user.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a legal term): via Old French from Latin praescriptio(n-), from the verb praescribere (see prescribe). sense 1 dates from the late 16th century.

Rhymes

ascription, circumscription, conscription, decryption, description, Egyptian, encryption, inscription, misdescription, subscription, superscription, transcription

Definition of prescription in US English:

prescription

nounprəˈskripSH(ə)nprəˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n

1An instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be provided a medicine or treatment.
处方，药方
he scribbled a prescription for tranquilizers
他草草地开了张镇定剂药方。
antidepressants available only by prescription
这种药剂凭处方购买。
as modifier prescription drugs
处方药。
Example sentencesExamples
- It has been alleged that Ting employed an unlicensed technician who saw patients and wrote prescriptions.
- He examined my lesions through a magnifying glass, quickly wrote down a prescription of drugs, and, handing it to us, asked us to come for follow up after a week.
- Use of computers for issuing prescriptions increased prescribing of generic drugs, and use of computers for test ordering led to cost savings and fewer unnecessary tests.
- I'm looking forward to being able to write prescriptions and referral letters with the click of a button.
- A doctor will write you a prescription for pain medication.
- Prescriptions must only be signed by the prescriber at the time prescriptions are written for a specific patient.
- We considered patients as currently receiving a drug if their last prescription was issued within 90 days before the index date.
- A computer glitch at one general practice resulted in prescriptions being issued with the real cost of the drug printed alongside each item.
- If this is an ongoing problem, ask your prescriber to write the prescription for the dosage form you can take most comfortably.
- Then I go to attend to my patients and write prescriptions and directions for their ailments.
- The only difference is that that member wants to force people to follow one prescription rather than actually to work with people and use the brains of the whole industry.
- Writing clear and concise directions on the prescription will assist the patient in appropriate use of the medication.
- Pharmacists have been given the go-ahead to issue repeat prescriptions without involving family doctors and to sell medicines which have only been available on prescription.
- If your patient has a prescription for a medication for mood control, take it with you and use it when he/she begins to become anxious.
- The authors conclude that at least 7 percent of prescriptions written for pediatric patients in the emergency department are not filled.
- In brief, the general practitioner writes a prescription which the patient takes to the pharmacist.
- Correct patient identification and clear written prescriptions are important components of the safe administration of drugs in hospital.
- I wrote a bunch of prescriptions and sent seven patients home from the hospital.
- Properly written prescriptions will help ensure continuity of care in the patient's local community.
- In order to write a prescription the recipient of the prescription must be a patient in their clinic and have a chart.
- The surgeon gives the patient a prescription for supervised physical therapy.
Synonyms
instruction, order, direction, authorization
1. 1.1 The action of prescribing a medicine or treatment.
  开处方，开药方
  the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics
  无必要开的抗生素。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Inappropriate use of the available data could result in prescription of incorrect dosages.
  But at the same time there are questions whether we may have become too responsive to any signs of depression, particularly when it comes to the prescription of antidepressants.
  In parallel with the increase use of stimulants given to children has been a growth of childhood depression and the prescription of antidepressants such as Prozac.
  The rate of antibiotic prescription varies enormously between countries and between groups within countries.
  Quite the opposite, the aim of this paper is to increase awareness that a universal exercise and dietary prescription for reducing heart disease risk is not appropriate.
  The inverse association between death and prescription for antibiotics, which seemed to be confined in the main to the under 45 age group, has not to our knowledge been reported before.
  The expensive and effective marketing of pharmaceutical companies has made a generation of physicians well versed in the prescription of antidepressants.
  Exercise and dietary therapy precedes prescription of medication by physicians.
  Doctors will usually be less able than exercise teachers to advise on the individualised prescription of particular exercises or activities.
  For respiratory tract infections, the primary goal was to rationalise prescribing, indicated by antibiotic prescription.
  These results may have consequences for more targeted prescription of ocular antibiotics.
  The general practitioners recorded days of illness, physical signs, and antibiotic prescription.
  A physician in England implemented the concept of a safety-net antibiotic prescription.
  It can arise due to poor adherence to treatment, inappropriate prescription, irregular drug supply, or poor drug quality.
2. 1.2 A medicine or remedy that is prescribed.
  处方药
  I've got to pick up my prescription
  我得到药房取药。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Zhang reported about 200 different prescriptions of herbs effective for treating epilepsy.
  Additionally her spirit was being calmed and her moods and concentration were considered within the herbal prescription.
  The Lancet letter also gave details of the herbal prescription which this patient supposedly was taking.
  Although medication is often part of a successful treatment approach, school personnel are usually not directly involved in recommending a prescription.
  In spite of some of the mysterious remedies, other prescriptions, as he said, came out of the theory of Chinese medicine - using acupuncture and herbs.
  The same diet prescription was adopted by all the participants.
  My mother passed away last year and I took her prescriptions to my local pharmacy.
  Thus, the principles of exercise prescription for heart failure patients are similar to those for healthy people.
  Angus waited outside whilst I went in and bought Gerald's medicine, a continuing prescription routinely picked up once a month.
  In the USA, a man took a traditional herbal prescription containing 36 ingredients.
  But with prescriptions like antibiotics, the medication must be finished for it to be effective.
  At the chemist picking up my prescription, I saw two young guys standing in line.
  Synonyms
  medicine, drug, medication, remedy, cure, dose, treatment, preparation, mixture
2A recommendation that is authoritatively put forward.
权威推荐
effective prescriptions for sustaining rural communities
维持乡村社区的有效权威推荐。
Example sentencesExamples
- There was no width prescription in the case of private roads.
- In the end, few doctors will object to the basic prescription: Avoid drastic procedures that probably won't help and might actually do harm.
- All parties have their own prescriptions for giving a boost to the rural economy and creating more jobs.
- Your institution may have recommendations or prescriptions about the form this should take.
- We believe that the economic policy prescriptions of the current government are fundamentally correct.
- Even if I could do it, it's impossible to spell out a detailed policy prescription in a blog.
- Put that way, those recommendations sound like a prescription for improvement of ecology in general, not just studies of urbanization effects.
- However, the letter demonstrates that recommendations and prescriptions for society often reflect individual biases and belief systems.
- Is the Human Development Report's prescription convincing?
- There is much to recommend Lodal's prescription but less reason to believe it will be embraced.
- It is making a completely new prescription in terms of what was the effect or result of the 1947 Act.
- Sadly, it seems that what matters to Judge Becker is not what courts say, but what the executive has said - and what the best policy prescription may be.
Synonyms
method, measure
1. 2.1 The authoritative recommendation of an action or procedure.
  规定；指定
  rather than prescription there would be guidance
  与其规定，不如引导。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The strength of the book, however, lies in historical description rather than in theological prescription.
  Sex education in schools is no bad thing, providing it scores high on non-judgemental advice and information and low on recommendation and prescription.
  For instance, if we do not have much prescription in the legislation, there is no constraint on officials.
  He offers no formulaic prescription in this book.
  The power of his book lies not in prescription, but rather in his acute, erudite and provocative historical analysis.
  It is difficult to offer prescription on this point.
3Law
The establishment of a claim founded on the basis of a long or indefinite period of uninterrupted use or of long-standing custom.
〔律〕取得的时效（根据长期或不确定时期持续使用或以长期习惯为基础确立的要求权）
Example sentencesExamples
- But their immediate impact on the political structure, at a time when the power of prescription and force of custom were over-riding, is difficult to assess.
- The evidence required to establish title by prescription will vary with the nature of the user.
- Traditionally, it was accepted that wives and children were subordinate and subservient to the husband father, either because of biblical prescription or natural inferiority.
- In order to acquire a right to an easement or right-of-way by prescription, a party must show a clear period of continuous use for a period of twenty years.
- Lastly, the defence of prescription does not apply to public nuisance because no one can acquire the right to commit a crime.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a legal term): via Old French from Latin praescriptio(n-), from the verb praescribere (see prescribe). prescription (sense 1) dates from the late 16th century.

单词	prescription
释义	Definition of prescription in English: prescription noun prɪˈskrɪpʃ(ə)nprəˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n 1An instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment. 处方，药方 he scribbled a prescription for tranquillizers 他草草地开了张镇定剂药方。 mass noun the lotion is available on prescription 这种药剂凭处方购买。 Example sentencesExamples If your patient has a prescription for a medication for mood control, take it with you and use it when he/she begins to become anxious. The only difference is that that member wants to force people to follow one prescription rather than actually to work with people and use the brains of the whole industry. Pharmacists have been given the go-ahead to issue repeat prescriptions without involving family doctors and to sell medicines which have only been available on prescription. Properly written prescriptions will help ensure continuity of care in the patient's local community. In brief, the general practitioner writes a prescription which the patient takes to the pharmacist. Then I go to attend to my patients and write prescriptions and directions for their ailments. I wrote a bunch of prescriptions and sent seven patients home from the hospital. Correct patient identification and clear written prescriptions are important components of the safe administration of drugs in hospital. Use of computers for issuing prescriptions increased prescribing of generic drugs, and use of computers for test ordering led to cost savings and fewer unnecessary tests. Writing clear and concise directions on the prescription will assist the patient in appropriate use of the medication. Prescriptions must only be signed by the prescriber at the time prescriptions are written for a specific patient. The surgeon gives the patient a prescription for supervised physical therapy. If this is an ongoing problem, ask your prescriber to write the prescription for the dosage form you can take most comfortably. It has been alleged that Ting employed an unlicensed technician who saw patients and wrote prescriptions. A computer glitch at one general practice resulted in prescriptions being issued with the real cost of the drug printed alongside each item. A doctor will write you a prescription for pain medication. The authors conclude that at least 7 percent of prescriptions written for pediatric patients in the emergency department are not filled. In order to write a prescription the recipient of the prescription must be a patient in their clinic and have a chart. We considered patients as currently receiving a drug if their last prescription was issued within 90 days before the index date. He examined my lesions through a magnifying glass, quickly wrote down a prescription of drugs, and, handing it to us, asked us to come for follow up after a week. I'm looking forward to being able to write prescriptions and referral letters with the click of a button. Synonyms instruction, order, direction, authorization informal script archaic recipe 1.1mass noun The action of prescribing a medicine or treatment. 开处方，开药方 the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics 无必要开的抗生素。 Example sentencesExamples The expensive and effective marketing of pharmaceutical companies has made a generation of physicians well versed in the prescription of antidepressants. But at the same time there are questions whether we may have become too responsive to any signs of depression, particularly when it comes to the prescription of antidepressants. Doctors will usually be less able than exercise teachers to advise on the individualised prescription of particular exercises or activities. In parallel with the increase use of stimulants given to children has been a growth of childhood depression and the prescription of antidepressants such as Prozac. Exercise and dietary therapy precedes prescription of medication by physicians. It can arise due to poor adherence to treatment, inappropriate prescription, irregular drug supply, or poor drug quality. Quite the opposite, the aim of this paper is to increase awareness that a universal exercise and dietary prescription for reducing heart disease risk is not appropriate. A physician in England implemented the concept of a safety-net antibiotic prescription. These results may have consequences for more targeted prescription of ocular antibiotics. For respiratory tract infections, the primary goal was to rationalise prescribing, indicated by antibiotic prescription. The inverse association between death and prescription for antibiotics, which seemed to be confined in the main to the under 45 age group, has not to our knowledge been reported before. The rate of antibiotic prescription varies enormously between countries and between groups within countries. Inappropriate use of the available data could result in prescription of incorrect dosages. The general practitioners recorded days of illness, physical signs, and antibiotic prescription. 1.2 A medicine or remedy that is prescribed. 处方药 I've got to pick up my prescription from the chemist's 我得到药房取药。 Example sentencesExamples Additionally her spirit was being calmed and her moods and concentration were considered within the herbal prescription. At the chemist picking up my prescription, I saw two young guys standing in line. Thus, the principles of exercise prescription for heart failure patients are similar to those for healthy people. Zhang reported about 200 different prescriptions of herbs effective for treating epilepsy. But with prescriptions like antibiotics, the medication must be finished for it to be effective. Although medication is often part of a successful treatment approach, school personnel are usually not directly involved in recommending a prescription. In spite of some of the mysterious remedies, other prescriptions, as he said, came out of the theory of Chinese medicine - using acupuncture and herbs. The Lancet letter also gave details of the herbal prescription which this patient supposedly was taking. In the USA, a man took a traditional herbal prescription containing 36 ingredients. The same diet prescription was adopted by all the participants. Angus waited outside whilst I went in and bought Gerald's medicine, a continuing prescription routinely picked up once a month. My mother passed away last year and I took her prescriptions to my local pharmacy. Synonyms medicine, drug, medication, remedy, cure, dose, treatment, preparation, mixture archaic physic rare medicament, medicinal, nostrum 2A recommendation that is authoritatively put forward. 权威推荐 effective prescriptions for sustaining rural communities 维持乡村社区的有效权威推荐。 Example sentencesExamples Put that way, those recommendations sound like a prescription for improvement of ecology in general, not just studies of urbanization effects. There is much to recommend Lodal's prescription but less reason to believe it will be embraced. Is the Human Development Report's prescription convincing? Sadly, it seems that what matters to Judge Becker is not what courts say, but what the executive has said - and what the best policy prescription may be. We believe that the economic policy prescriptions of the current government are fundamentally correct. All parties have their own prescriptions for giving a boost to the rural economy and creating more jobs. In the end, few doctors will object to the basic prescription: Avoid drastic procedures that probably won't help and might actually do harm. Your institution may have recommendations or prescriptions about the form this should take. Even if I could do it, it's impossible to spell out a detailed policy prescription in a blog. It is making a completely new prescription in terms of what was the effect or result of the 1947 Act. There was no width prescription in the case of private roads. However, the letter demonstrates that recommendations and prescriptions for society often reflect individual biases and belief systems. Synonyms method, measure recommendation, suggestion, advice, recipe, formula, direction 2.1mass noun The authoritative recommendation of an action or procedure. 规定；指定 rather than prescription there would be guidance 与其规定，不如引导。 Example sentencesExamples It is difficult to offer prescription on this point. He offers no formulaic prescription in this book. The strength of the book, however, lies in historical description rather than in theological prescription. Sex education in schools is no bad thing, providing it scores high on non-judgemental advice and information and low on recommendation and prescription. The power of his book lies not in prescription, but rather in his acute, erudite and provocative historical analysis. For instance, if we do not have much prescription in the legislation, there is no constraint on officials. 3Law mass noun The establishment of a claim founded on the basis of a long or indefinite period of uninterrupted use or of long-standing custom. 〔律〕取得的时效（根据长期或不确定时期持续使用或以长期习惯为基础确立的要求权） Example sentencesExamples But their immediate impact on the political structure, at a time when the power of prescription and force of custom were over-riding, is difficult to assess. Lastly, the defence of prescription does not apply to public nuisance because no one can acquire the right to commit a crime. Traditionally, it was accepted that wives and children were subordinate and subservient to the husband father, either because of biblical prescription or natural inferiority. In order to acquire a right to an easement or right-of-way by prescription, a party must show a clear period of continuous use for a period of twenty years. The evidence required to establish title by prescription will vary with the nature of the user. Origin Late Middle English (as a legal term): via Old French from Latin praescriptio(n-), from the verb praescribere (see prescribe). sense 1 dates from the late 16th century. Rhymes ascription, circumscription, conscription, decryption, description, Egyptian, encryption, inscription, misdescription, subscription, superscription, transcription Definition of prescription in US English: prescription nounprəˈskripSH(ə)nprəˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n 1An instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be provided a medicine or treatment. 处方，药方 he scribbled a prescription for tranquilizers 他草草地开了张镇定剂药方。 antidepressants available only by prescription 这种药剂凭处方购买。 as modifier prescription drugs 处方药。 Example sentencesExamples It has been alleged that Ting employed an unlicensed technician who saw patients and wrote prescriptions. He examined my lesions through a magnifying glass, quickly wrote down a prescription of drugs, and, handing it to us, asked us to come for follow up after a week. Use of computers for issuing prescriptions increased prescribing of generic drugs, and use of computers for test ordering led to cost savings and fewer unnecessary tests. I'm looking forward to being able to write prescriptions and referral letters with the click of a button. A doctor will write you a prescription for pain medication. Prescriptions must only be signed by the prescriber at the time prescriptions are written for a specific patient. We considered patients as currently receiving a drug if their last prescription was issued within 90 days before the index date. A computer glitch at one general practice resulted in prescriptions being issued with the real cost of the drug printed alongside each item. If this is an ongoing problem, ask your prescriber to write the prescription for the dosage form you can take most comfortably. Then I go to attend to my patients and write prescriptions and directions for their ailments. The only difference is that that member wants to force people to follow one prescription rather than actually to work with people and use the brains of the whole industry. Writing clear and concise directions on the prescription will assist the patient in appropriate use of the medication. Pharmacists have been given the go-ahead to issue repeat prescriptions without involving family doctors and to sell medicines which have only been available on prescription. If your patient has a prescription for a medication for mood control, take it with you and use it when he/she begins to become anxious. The authors conclude that at least 7 percent of prescriptions written for pediatric patients in the emergency department are not filled. In brief, the general practitioner writes a prescription which the patient takes to the pharmacist. Correct patient identification and clear written prescriptions are important components of the safe administration of drugs in hospital. I wrote a bunch of prescriptions and sent seven patients home from the hospital. Properly written prescriptions will help ensure continuity of care in the patient's local community. In order to write a prescription the recipient of the prescription must be a patient in their clinic and have a chart. The surgeon gives the patient a prescription for supervised physical therapy. Synonyms instruction, order, direction, authorization 1.1 The action of prescribing a medicine or treatment. 开处方，开药方 the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics 无必要开的抗生素。 Example sentencesExamples Inappropriate use of the available data could result in prescription of incorrect dosages. But at the same time there are questions whether we may have become too responsive to any signs of depression, particularly when it comes to the prescription of antidepressants. In parallel with the increase use of stimulants given to children has been a growth of childhood depression and the prescription of antidepressants such as Prozac. The rate of antibiotic prescription varies enormously between countries and between groups within countries. Quite the opposite, the aim of this paper is to increase awareness that a universal exercise and dietary prescription for reducing heart disease risk is not appropriate. The inverse association between death and prescription for antibiotics, which seemed to be confined in the main to the under 45 age group, has not to our knowledge been reported before. The expensive and effective marketing of pharmaceutical companies has made a generation of physicians well versed in the prescription of antidepressants. Exercise and dietary therapy precedes prescription of medication by physicians. Doctors will usually be less able than exercise teachers to advise on the individualised prescription of particular exercises or activities. For respiratory tract infections, the primary goal was to rationalise prescribing, indicated by antibiotic prescription. These results may have consequences for more targeted prescription of ocular antibiotics. The general practitioners recorded days of illness, physical signs, and antibiotic prescription. A physician in England implemented the concept of a safety-net antibiotic prescription. It can arise due to poor adherence to treatment, inappropriate prescription, irregular drug supply, or poor drug quality. 1.2 A medicine or remedy that is prescribed. 处方药 I've got to pick up my prescription 我得到药房取药。 Example sentencesExamples Zhang reported about 200 different prescriptions of herbs effective for treating epilepsy. Additionally her spirit was being calmed and her moods and concentration were considered within the herbal prescription. The Lancet letter also gave details of the herbal prescription which this patient supposedly was taking. Although medication is often part of a successful treatment approach, school personnel are usually not directly involved in recommending a prescription. In spite of some of the mysterious remedies, other prescriptions, as he said, came out of the theory of Chinese medicine - using acupuncture and herbs. The same diet prescription was adopted by all the participants. My mother passed away last year and I took her prescriptions to my local pharmacy. Thus, the principles of exercise prescription for heart failure patients are similar to those for healthy people. Angus waited outside whilst I went in and bought Gerald's medicine, a continuing prescription routinely picked up once a month. In the USA, a man took a traditional herbal prescription containing 36 ingredients. But with prescriptions like antibiotics, the medication must be finished for it to be effective. At the chemist picking up my prescription, I saw two young guys standing in line. Synonyms medicine, drug, medication, remedy, cure, dose, treatment, preparation, mixture 2A recommendation that is authoritatively put forward. 权威推荐 effective prescriptions for sustaining rural communities 维持乡村社区的有效权威推荐。 Example sentencesExamples There was no width prescription in the case of private roads. In the end, few doctors will object to the basic prescription: Avoid drastic procedures that probably won't help and might actually do harm. All parties have their own prescriptions for giving a boost to the rural economy and creating more jobs. Your institution may have recommendations or prescriptions about the form this should take. We believe that the economic policy prescriptions of the current government are fundamentally correct. Even if I could do it, it's impossible to spell out a detailed policy prescription in a blog. Put that way, those recommendations sound like a prescription for improvement of ecology in general, not just studies of urbanization effects. However, the letter demonstrates that recommendations and prescriptions for society often reflect individual biases and belief systems. Is the Human Development Report's prescription convincing? There is much to recommend Lodal's prescription but less reason to believe it will be embraced. It is making a completely new prescription in terms of what was the effect or result of the 1947 Act. Sadly, it seems that what matters to Judge Becker is not what courts say, but what the executive has said - and what the best policy prescription may be. Synonyms method, measure 2.1 The authoritative recommendation of an action or procedure. 规定；指定 rather than prescription there would be guidance 与其规定，不如引导。 Example sentencesExamples The strength of the book, however, lies in historical description rather than in theological prescription. Sex education in schools is no bad thing, providing it scores high on non-judgemental advice and information and low on recommendation and prescription. For instance, if we do not have much prescription in the legislation, there is no constraint on officials. He offers no formulaic prescription in this book. The power of his book lies not in prescription, but rather in his acute, erudite and provocative historical analysis. It is difficult to offer prescription on this point. 3Law The establishment of a claim founded on the basis of a long or indefinite period of uninterrupted use or of long-standing custom. 〔律〕取得的时效（根据长期或不确定时期持续使用或以长期习惯为基础确立的要求权） Example sentencesExamples But their immediate impact on the political structure, at a time when the power of prescription and force of custom were over-riding, is difficult to assess. The evidence required to establish title by prescription will vary with the nature of the user. Traditionally, it was accepted that wives and children were subordinate and subservient to the husband father, either because of biblical prescription or natural inferiority. In order to acquire a right to an easement or right-of-way by prescription, a party must show a clear period of continuous use for a period of twenty years. Lastly, the defence of prescription does not apply to public nuisance because no one can acquire the right to commit a crime. Origin Late Middle English (as a legal term): via Old French from Latin praescriptio(n-), from the verb praescribere (see prescribe). prescription (sense 1) dates from the late 16th century.
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