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- pronunciation:
- prih
skrIp
sh
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a directive written by a doctor for the preparation and use of a medicine to treat a designated patient.
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| definition 2: |
the act of prescribing or the thing prescribed.
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| related words: |
medicine, precept |
adjective + (n.)prescription
affordable, antidepressant, available, generic, herbal, illegal, illicit, inappropriate, lethal, medical, nonmedical, pharmaceutical, recreational, ritual
verb + (n.)prescription
abuse, addict, dispense, fill, forge, import, interact, obtain, prescribe, purchase, refill, regulate, write
(n.)prescription
+ verb
advertise, cost, label, over-the-counter
noun + (n.)prescription
addiction,
advertisement,
advertising,
alcohol,
care,
cocaine,
correlate,
cost,
counter,
diagnosis,
doctor,
dollar,
dosage,
exercise,
eyeglass,
eyeglasses,
health-care,
insurance,
outpatient,
over-the-counter,
overdose,
pharmacist,
physician,
premium,
prevalence,
price,
recipient,
referral,
triplicate,
visit
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The word prescription
contains the following parts:
scrib, script
Latin
root
that means to write
  Example words:
ascribe, ascription, circumscribe, conscript, conscription, describe, description, descriptive, escritoire, imprescriptible, indescribable, inscribe, inscription, manuscript, nondescript, oversubscribe, postscript, prescribe, prescript, prescriptible, prescription, prescriptive, proscribe, proscription, rescript, scribal, scribble, scribbler, scribe1, scrip, script, scriptorium, scriptural, Scripture, scriptwriter, scrivener, subscribe, subscript, subscription, superscribe, superscript, transcribe, transcript, transcriptase, typescript
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
ablation, abrasion, accession, action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, compassionate, conclusion, condition, confusion, congestion, construction, direction, diction, dictionary, exclusion, expedition, fusion, illusion, immersion, incision, interaction, inquisition, mission, nation, omission, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, rendition, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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