prescription
Definitions
A written instruction from a physician to a pharmacist for the preparation and administration of a medicine.
A rule, recommendation, or directive laid down by an authority.
The action of prescribing or the state of being prescribed.
Examples
The doctor wrote a prescription for my persistent cough.
You must take the medication exactly as indicated on the prescription.
Synonyms
instruction direction order formula recipe decree recommendation
Antonyms
prohibition ban veto interdiction restriction refusal denial