prescribe
Authorize a treatment
Prescribe is primarily used in a medical context, in which a doctor approves the use a drug or treatment intended to help a patient: Her doctor prescribed antihistamines for Sheila’s allergies.
The core meaning of prescribe is set out a recommend course of action, and it is also used in nonmedical contexts: Statutory law prescribes various remedies for people who are the victims of crime.
Therapeutic substance for illness
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
- pharmaceuticalsManufactured therapeutic substances
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
treatment · pills · tablets · capsules · inhaler · insulin · doctor · physician
Formal authoritative directive
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- dictateGive orders imperiously
- ordainConfer clerical authority
sanction · direct · command · enjoin · require · stipulate · impose · enact
Care for an ailment
- cureTreatment that heals
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
course · healing · recovery · rehabilitation · intervention · palliative · relief · remedy
medication
Therapeutic substance for illness
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
- pharmaceuticalsManufactured therapeutic substances
antibiotics · treatment · pills · tablets · capsules · inhaler · insulin · doctor · physician · refill
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- dictateGive orders imperiously
ordain · sanction · direct · command · enjoin · require · stipulate · impose · enact · enforce
treatment
Care for an ailment
protocol · course · healing · recovery · rehabilitation · intervention · palliative · relief · remedy · antidote
advise
Give counsel to
guide · advocate · urge · instruct · propose · endorse · encourage · caution · warn · consult
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- customHabitual group practice
- riteCeremonial act or practice
observance · formality · convention · etiquette · protocol · practice · routine · ritual · orthodox · canonical
- prescription drugsMedicine requiring doctor's order
- prescription glassesCustom lenses for vision
- prescription bottleLabeled medicine container
- prescription pills
- prescription medicationMedicine requiring medical authorization
- fill prescription
prescription, prescribed, prescribing, prescriptive, prescribes, prescript, prescriber, nonprescription, unprescribed