pre|scrip|tion

pre|scrip|tion
pre|scrip|tion «prih SKRIHP shuhn», noun.
1. the act of prescribing.
2. something prescribed; order; direction: »

Figurative. He was carrying no “prescription” for peace in the Far East in his mission to Peiping(New York Times).

3. a written direction or order given by a doctor or dentist for preparing and using a medicine: »

a prescription for a cough. Their task…is to make a quick diagnosis—take a case history, make a physical examination, write a prescription (Time).

4. the medicine.
5. Law. a) possession or use of a thing long enough to give a right or title to it: »

to claim a right by prescription, to acquire a thing by prescription.

 b) the right or title so established. c) the process of so establishing a right or title. d) a limitation of the time within which a claim may be made or an action brought; negative prescription.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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