prescription

英 [prɪ'skrɪpʃ(ə)n] 美[prɪ'skrɪpʃən]

• n. 药方；指示；惯例
• adj. 凭处方方可购买的

1. directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions;

"I tried to follow her prescription for success"

2. 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"

3. written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person

4. 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