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prescription

🇬🇧 UK/prɪ'skrɪpʃ(ə)n/🇺🇸 US/pri'skripʃәn/
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Definitions

n.

A written order from a doctor for a specific medicine or treatment; the medicine or treatment so ordered.

处方;药方;规定

adj.

Available only with a doctor's written order.

需凭处方的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
prebefore
+
scripwrite, scratch
+
tionact, process, state
=prescription

Common Collocations

  • 1.write a prescription开处方
  • 2.fill a prescription按处方取药
  • 3.prescription drugs处方药
  • 4.on prescription凭处方

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The doctor wrote a prescription for antibiotics to treat the infection.

  • 2.

    You'll need a valid prescription to pick up this medication from the pharmacy.

  • 3.

    Following the prescription for success, she studied diligently every single day.

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