prescription

/pɝˈskɹɪpʃən/noun

An official written instruction from a doctor authorizing a patient to receive a medicine or treatment, such as glasses of a certain strength.

Example sentences

“The doctor wrote me a prescription for antibiotics.”
“You can't buy this medicine without a prescription.”

In American English you 'fill' a prescription at the pharmacy. Abbreviated Rx on labels and signs.

Related words

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