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Pronunciation
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IPA
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key
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:
/prəˈskrɪpʃən/
Audio (US)
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file
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Hyphenation
: pre‧scrip‧tion
Noun
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Singular
prescription
Plural
prescriptions
A prescription during
Prohibition
in the United States which a doctor could use to prescribe
liquor
as medicine
(
medicine
) A written
order
, as by a
physician
, to tell which
medicine
to take and how many
doses
of it is needed.
I got a
prescription
from my ear doctor for my medicine.
Related words
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prescribe
Rx
scrip
script
Categories
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3-syllable words
Nouns
Medicine
Pharmacy
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