prescription
Pharmacy pickup slip
A prescription is a doctor's written order for medicine or treatment, or the medicine itself: I need to pick up my prescription from the pharmacy.
The word extends to any authoritative recommendation: His prescription for success was hard work.
In law, prescription refers to the acquisition of rights through long use or custom.
The adjective prescriptive describes rules that dictate how things should be done, as opposed to descriptive approaches that record how things actually are.
Therapeutic substance for illness
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- patientAble to wait calmly
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
refill · diagnosis · treatment · physician · clinic · hospital · symptom · ailment
Solid medicine dose
- tabletFlat portable computing device
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
- antibioticBacteria-killing medication
- inhalerPortable respiratory medication device
ointment · insulin · antidepressant · analgesic · antihistamine · sedative · steroid · diuretic
Care for an ailment
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
counseling · regimen · session · recovery · healing · dialysis · phototherapy
Formal authoritative directive
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- dictumAuthoritative formal statement
- edictAuthoritative public command
rule · regulation · requirement · stipulation · guideline · protocol · precept · law
medication
Therapeutic substance for illness
pharmacy · refill · diagnosis · treatment · physician · clinic · hospital · symptom · ailment · disease
pill
Solid medicine dose
- tabletFlat portable computing device
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
- antibioticBacteria-killing medication
inhaler · ointment · insulin · antidepressant · analgesic · antihistamine · sedative · steroid · diuretic · contraceptive
treatment
Care for an ailment
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
psychotherapy · counseling · regimen · session · recovery · healing · dialysis · phototherapy
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- dictumAuthoritative formal statement
edict · rule · regulation · requirement · stipulation · guideline · protocol · precept · law · commandment
cure
Treatment that heals
- solutionAnswer or liquid mixture
- formulaFixed method or notation
- recipeCooking preparation instructions
recommendation · advice · regimen · plan · approach · method · antidote · answer · fix · course
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- medical caresurgery, examination, injection, medication, therapy
- Medicinespill, tablet, aspirin, tablets, penicillin
- pharmacypharmacist, pharmacy, dispensing, medications, drugstore
- doctor's officedoctor, appointment, checkup, exam room, examination table
prescriptionover-the-counter
Buyable without medical authorization
nonprescription · over the counter · OTC · over-the-counter drug · home remedy
prescriptionproscription
Formal ban or condemnation
prohibition · ban · lawlessness · anarchy · interdiction
- prescription drugsMedicine requiring doctor's order
- prescription glassesCustom lenses for vision
- prescription bottleLabeled medicine container
- prescription pills
- prescription medicationMedicine requiring medical authorization
- fill prescription
prescriptions, prescriptive, nonprescription, prescription drug, prescription drugs, prescriptively, prescription glasses