recept
9.9
A written recipe for making a medicine
- noun
- Archaic
:
receta
- In ancient times, a herbalist would write a recept detailing the ingredients needed for healing potions.
Examples
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So he said, let's take a Tanner recept, which we know treats arthritis.
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Before starting the treatment, he carefully followed the recept given to him by the pharmacist.
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The doctor provided her with a recept for a new medication to alleviate her symptoms.
Synonyms
prescription
vsrecept
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3.0
A medicine you can get only with a doctor's written order
is an old formula for preparing a remedy not an authorization to obtain medicine
How Specific
Surface Forms
Etymology
Recept is also linked to the same Latin root recipere and is like the words recipe and receipt, which used to mean a set formula for making something. So a recept could be a written formula or medical prescription for how to prepare a remedy.