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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Pills Definition–noun | 1. | a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole. | | 2. | something unpleasant that has to be accepted or endured: Ingratitude is a bitter pill. | | 3. | Slang. a tiresomely disagreeable person. | | 4. | S
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ports Slang. a ball, esp. a baseball or golf ball. | –verb (used with object) | 8. | to form or make into pills. | –verb (used without object) | 10. | to form into small, pill-like balls, as the fuzz on a wool sweater. | |
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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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