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prescribed

adjective as in set as guide

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He was prescribed a course of hormone pills that caused him to grow breasts and rendered him impotent.

Since then, Abilify has risen from the fifth-most-prescribed drug to the top of the heap.

And this is extremely powerful medicine, being prescribed at an astonishingly high rate.

Palmer also went on a small weight lifting program prescribed by one doctor and a general strengthening scheme devised by another.

Of the 2,319 people prescribed Truvada for PrEP in 2012 and 2013 nationwide, almost half were women.

Violation of the immunity due to those who come with this mission, duly accredited, in the form prescribed by international law.

In admitting a member, if no form of election has been prescribed, each candidate must be elected separately.

The Act also prescribed the manner in which this share was to be divided amongst the respective railways.

To this they are called by his high authority; their oath sworn in their social capacity is prescribed by his command.

Quinine, cholagogue, and whiskey were prescribed in large quantities, and Peter wondered why they failed to cure.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to prescribed, such as: arbitrary, recommended, ethical, magistral, prescriptive, and thetic.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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