prescription

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The action of establishing a rule, law, or direction.

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Something that is prescribed; a rule, law, or direction.

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A written order, especially by a physician, for the preparation and administration of a medicine or other treatment.

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A prescribed medicine or other treatment.

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An ophthalmologist’s or optometrist’s written instruction, as for the grinding of corrective lenses.

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The acquisition of an easement or of title to property by use or occupancy that exceeds the time allowed to another to recover it by statutory right.

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The act of prescribing or establishing by rules; that which is prescribed; direction; prescript.

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In medicine, a statement, usually written, of the medicines or remedies to be used by a patient, and the manner of using them.