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pres

pres

1 9.9
A written order from a doctor for medicine
  • noun
  • /prɛs/
  • Informal
translation icon : receta
  • Make sure to bring your pres to the pharmacy so you can pick up the medicine.

Examples

  • The doctor sent me a pres for a new inhaler to manage my asthma.

  • I received the pres from my doctor after my last visit for the allergy medication.

  • Doctor, is Pres still here?

  • Pres is a fever patient.

  • What is Pres?

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  • and Acceptance ("I was not just wrong about the Wisconsin Pres/Senate

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  • If at some time GM tried that, yeah, then they would have had a chance, but not likely, as stated previously, and honestly, Whitcare + Pres Task Force + UAW, etc. can't do it either.

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Compounds

9.9

A legal rule that lets courts change gifts so they follow the giver's wishes when the original plan is impossible

cy pres
  • Jargon
9.9

A rule letting a court give money to a similar charity when the original wish cannot be followed

9.9

A court changes a gift meant for a charity so the giver's main wish still happens

Surface Forms

pres singular
preses plural

Etymology

Pres is a short form of prescription, the doctor's written order for medicine. So if someone says 'pick up my pres' they mean the paper the pharmacy needs.