prescribed medication
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3.2
- noun
- Specialized
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medicación prescrita
- Studies show that Americans waste upwards of $250 billion a year from not taking their prescribed medications.
- take prescribed medication
- prescribed medication for treatment
- use prescribed medication
If you are prescribed medication, please take it.
- If you are prescribed medication, please take it.
- Did you have early experience with being prescribed medications when you were a kid?
- We know that it's very hard for patients to stay compliant with prescribed medications where they don't feel or notice a difference in a daily way.
Examples
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I want what's best for you and I believe properly prescribed medication is the best way to heal you.
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More recently, he has seen an increase in the number of children on prescribed medication in the system.
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If you are prescribed medication, please take it.
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Did you have early experience with being prescribed medications when you were a kid?
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I would suggest you take prescribed medication.
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Any patient not taking their prescribed medication will not be receiving their meal.
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Canadian public health care does not cover prescribed medication; citizens rely on employment benefits to cover these costs.
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Only 6% of respondents reported being on prescribed medication.
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These problems have apparently led to Presley's increased dependency on prescribed medication.
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My doctor diagnosed vertigo and prescribed medication for the nausea.
Synonyms
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1.9
A medicine or chemical that treats illness and sometimes changes how someone feels
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2.7
A medicine you take to treat or prevent illness
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7.2
Something you take to treat an illness or make you feel better
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3.3
A medicine you can only get with a written order from a doctor
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4.6
A medicine used to treat or prevent illness
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3.3
A medicine you can only get with a doctor's written order
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7.7
A medicine used to treat, prevent, or relieve symptoms of illness
A substance used to treat, prevent, or reduce symptoms of illness
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'prescribed' (ordered or authorized by an authority, typically a doctor) modifies 'medication' (a drug), so a learner who knows both words can infer 'medication authorized or recommended by a doctor'. This adjective+noun modification pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore readily comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Prescribed medication paints the picture of a doctor writing a note for the pharmacist: prescribed is that written order and medication is the medicine the pharmacist hands over. That's why it means medicine 'given by a doctor'.