prescribing - Definition and Meaning

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(verb)

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(of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing

examples

her doctor prescribed sleeping tablets

he was prescribed a course of antibiotics

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(verb)

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state authoritatively or as a rule that (an action or procedure) should be carried out

examples

rules prescribing five acts for a play are purely arbitrary

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