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prescription

noun as in formula, medicine

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Term limits could be a prescription to speed change along.

I take calcium and vitamin D supplements, but prescription medications are generally only for women in menopause.

With prescription drug abuse rampant in the U.S., New York is taking steps to stop it.

His first prescription when I saw him was to have the CAT scan test that I had been forced to postpone for a month and a half.

No one should be given a lethal prescription of drugs when they are gripped by mental illness or in a temporary depression.

No, I'm only going to save the reputation of AEsculapius by giving him a prescription got from a quack to give to a goose.

The doctor who prescribes gratuitously gives a worthless prescription.

It arises from prescription (Greek: θεματισμὡ), from usage, or from nature.

Very few cases had a second chill after taking the prescription.

But we would earnestly advise her to try kissing a multitude of live men before taking so peculiar a prescription.

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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to prescription, such as: drug, instruction, recipe, remedy, decree, and direction.

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

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