prescription

UK /prɪˈskrɪpʃn/US /prɪˈskrɪpʃn/

Meaning

noun

an official piece of paper on which a doctor writes the type of medicine you should have, and which enables you to get it from a chemist's

“prescription for something, The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics.”

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