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Adjective prescription has 1 sense

prescription - available only with a doctor's written prescription; "a prescription drug"
Antonyms: nonprescription, over-the-counter

Noun prescription has 4 senses

prescription - directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; "I tried to follow her prescription for success"
--₁ is a kind of direction, instruction

Derived form: verb prescribe₁
prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug - a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist; "he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly"
--₂ is a kind of medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
--₂ has particulars: refill
prescription - written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
--₃ is a kind of written communication, written language
prescription - written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
--₄ is a kind of written communication, written language