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prescription

prescription

3.8
Only sold with a doctor's written order
  • adjective
  • /prɪˈskrɪpʃən/
translation icon : con receta
  • Plus, Keeps now offers prescription shampoos to keep your scalp healthy, too.

Plus, Keeps now offers prescription shampoos to keep your scalp healthy, too.

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Examples

  • They come in non prescription and prescription strengths.

  • Next point, prescription glasses can make your eyes look smaller or bigger.

  • I'm like, I need, I think I need like prescription glasses.

  • Works equally on prescription glasses and non prescription lenses.

  • It really depends on if you need prescription glasses generally just to see in the distance or not.

  • He visited the optometrist to get a prescription for glasses to help with his vision.

  • You need a prescription from your doctor to purchase those medication.

  • She decided to buy prescription sunglasses to protect her eyes from the sun.

Antonyms

Medicine you can buy without a doctor's prescription

A medicine you can buy without seeing a doctor

Compounds

A medicine you can only get with a written order from a doctor

A medicine you can only get with a doctor's written order

How Restricted

banned
1.1
prescription
3.8

Surface Forms

prescription positive

Etymology

Prescription comes from Latin parts prae- 'before' and scribere 'to write'. When a drug is called 'prescription' it means you need a doctor's written order first, so the medicine is not sold over the counter.