PRESCRIBE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotics and junior aspirin [VERB noun] She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets [VERB-ed] The law allows doctors to prescribe contraception to the under 16s [VERB noun + to]
prescribe - WordReference. com Dictionary of English pre•scribe prɪˈskraɪb v [~ + object], -scribed, -scrib•ing to order as a rule or course of action to be followed: the punishment that the law prescribes Medicine to name or order the use of (a medicine, etc ): The doctor prescribed some pain pills See -scrib-
What does Prescribed mean? - Definitions. net Prescribed generally means officially or authoritatively instructed, advised, or ordered to be followed It's often used in the context of medicine where a doctor prescribes a specific medication or treatment for a patient, or in law where specific rules or procedures are prescribed
prescribe verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of prescribe verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (of a doctor) to tell somebody to take a particular medicine or have a particular treatment; to write a prescription for a particular medicine, etc prescribe something Valium is usually prescribed to treat anxiety
PRESCRIBE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary The doctor prescribed some pills The doctor prescribed some medicine and told her to have a week's rest I hoped he would prescribe some stronger pain killers Is there anything stronger you can prescribe? He wouldn't prescribe anything - just recommended rest
prescribed - Wiktionary, the free dictionary prescribed (comparative more prescribed, superlative most prescribed) Of a procedure, specified to a great degree of detail; established as following a strict procedure or set of rules