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Viagra DefinitionPharmacology, Trademark. | a brand of sildenafil citrate, used to treat impotence. | |
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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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