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Prescription drug Moderate

Origin: Latin prefix pre-

Prescription drug has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

A licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained.

Related Terms
Antonyms
over-the-counter medicine over-the-counter drug
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
medicine
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
refill
Rhyming Words
rug trug krug frug drug sprug unrug okrug shrug codrug bedrug z drug rag rug fur rug cut rug prodrug nondrug predrug area rug postdrug
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