Prescription Definition–noun | 1. | Medicine/Medical. | a. | a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy. | | b. | the medicine prescribed: Take this prescription three times a day. | | | 2. | an act of prescribing. | | 3. | that which is prescribed. | | 4. | Law. | a. | Also called positive prescription. a long or immemorial use of some right with respect to a thing so as to give a right to continue such use. | | b. | Also called positive prescription. the process of acquiring rights by uninterrupted assertion of the right over a long period of time. | | c. | Also called negative prescription. the loss of rights to legal remedy due to the limitation of time within which an action can be taken. | | –adjective | 5. | (of drugs) sold only upon medical prescription; ethical. Compare over-the-counter (def. 2). | |
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Drug Definition–noun | 1. | Pharmacology. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being. | | 2. | (in federal law) | a. | any substance recognized in the official pharmacopoeia or formulary of the nation. | | b. | any substance intended for use in the
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diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals. | | c. | any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals. | | d. | any substance intended for use as a component of such a drug, but not a device or a part of a device. | | | 3. | a habit-forming medicinal or illicit substance, esp. a narcotic. | | 4. | drugs, | a. | chemical substances prepared and sold as pharmaceutical items, either by prescription or over the counter. | | b. | personal hygienic items sold in a drugstore, as toothpaste, mouthwash, etc. | | | 5. | Obsolete. any ingredient used in chemistry, pharmacy, dyeing, or the like. | –verb (used with object) | 6. | to administer a medicinal drug to. | | 7. | to stupefy or poison with a drug. | | 8. | to mix (food or drink) with a drug, esp. a stupefying, narcotic, or poisonous drug. | | 9. | to administer anything nauseous to. | —Verb phrase | 10. | drug up, to take a narcotic drug: The addict prowled about for a place to drug up. | —Idiom | 11. | drug on the market, a commodity that is overabundant or in excess of demand in the market. Also, drug in the market. | |
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Coverage Definition–noun | 1. | Insurance. protection provided against risks or a risk, often as specified: Does the coverage include flood damage? | | 2. | Journalism. the reporting and subsequent publishing or broadcasting of news: The World Series receives international coverage. | | 3. | the extent to which something is covered. | | 4. | the area, groups, or number of persons served or reached by a newspaper, radio or television station, advertising campaign, business, etc.; market. | | 5. | Radio and Television. the area within the broadcasting range of a station or network, usually calculated by the number of owners of radio or television receivers. | | 6. | Finance. the value of funds held to back up or meet liabilities. | |
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