prescribing
Issuing treatment instructions
Prescribing is the act of officially directing or authorizing treatment, especially a doctor specifying medication for a patient: The physician is prescribing antibiotics for the infection.
It extends to any authoritative recommendation or rule-setting: The law prescribing speed limits.
The word implies authority—someone with the power to dictate what should be done.
Therapeutic substance for illness
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
- pharmacistMedicine dispensing professional
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
dispensing · formulary · contraindications · side-effects · interactions · regimen · therapeutics · pharmacology
Formal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- guidelineRecommended standard for action
sanction · authorization · licensing · compliance · jurisdiction · decree · statute · rule
Advice for decisions
- adviceGuidance on decisions
- counselExpert guidance offered
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- instructionGuidance for action
direction · indication · consultation · recommendation · endorsement · advocacy · protocol · evidence-based
Care for an ailment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- cureTreatment that heals
wellness · restoration · remission · convalescence · healing · regeneration · recuperation · holistic
medication
Therapeutic substance for illness
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
- pharmacistMedicine dispensing professional
antibiotics · dispensing · formulary · contraindications · side-effects · interactions · regimen · therapeutics · pharmacology · generic
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
guideline · sanction · authorization · licensing · compliance · jurisdiction · decree · statute · rule · law
guidance
Advice for decisions
- adviceGuidance on decisions
- counselExpert guidance offered
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
instruction · direction · indication · consultation · recommendation · endorsement · advocacy · protocol · evidence-based · referral
treatment
Care for an ailment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
cure · wellness · restoration · remission · convalescence · healing · regeneration · recuperation · holistic · integrative
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- doctor tasksdiagnosis, treatment, patient care, physical exams, surgery
- medical trainingmedical residency, medical schools, internal medicine, CPR, anatomical model
- persuadingpersuading, convincing, urging, coaxing, influencing
- medical termsdiagnosis, disorder, surgery, disease, illness
- antibioticsamoxicillin, penicillin, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, azithromycin
prescribingdiscontinuing
Ending ongoing activity
withdrawing · withholding · stopping · tapering · taking off
prescribingproscribing
Officially forbidding something
prohibiting · forbidding · banning · outlawing · interdicting
prescribingsuggesting
Offering an idea indirectly
recommending · advising · proposing · deferring · hinting
description, prescription, descriptive, manuscript, proscribe, prescribe, inscribe, postscript, transcribe