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Synonyms for prescription

14 synonyms
1 meaning

noun

Most common

forescript medicine remedy adverse possession dictation

All synonyms

Noun

1. Scrip — A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such…

scrip informal, forescript

Other

order, medicine, recipe, law, remedy, adverse possession, usage, dictation, custom, rule, direction, enactment

Definitions

n. 1
A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.
The surgeon had written thousands of prescriptions for pain killers without proper examinations before the police raided the clinic.

Related words

Word family: prescriptionist prescriptionistic prescribe
Phrases: prescription drug

Forms

Plural: prescriptions → scrips, forescripts, orders, medicines…

Example sentences

medicine The new medicine demonstrated an immediate effect.
remedy Don't worry. We can remedy the mistake we've made.
dictation The secretary took dictation from her boss.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
prescription		rising
medicine		steady
remedy		falling
dictation		falling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: law¹
4 letters: rule¹
5 letters: order², usage², scrip¹
6 letters: custom², recipe³, remedy³
8 letters: medicine³
9 letters: direction³, enactment³, dictation³
10 letters: forescript

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: prescription
Italiano: prescrizione
Español: prescripción
Deutsch: Vorschrift