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prescription
Overview of noun prescription
The noun prescription has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) prescription -- (directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; "I tried to follow her prescription for success")
2. (1) prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug -- (a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist; "he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly")
3. prescription -- (written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person)
4. prescription -- (written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient)
Overview of adj prescription
The adj prescription has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. prescription -- (available only with a doctor's written prescription; "a prescription drug")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prescription
4 senses of prescription
Sense 1
prescription
=> direction, instruction
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug
=> medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
=> drug
=> agent
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
prescription
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
prescription
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun prescription
1 of 4 senses of prescription
Sense 2
prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug
=> refill
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prescription
4 senses of prescription
Sense 1
prescription
=> direction, instruction
Sense 2
prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug
=> medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
Sense 3
prescription
=> written communication, written language
Sense 4
prescription
=> written communication, written language
Antonyms of noun prescription
Member Holonyms of noun prescription
Substance Holonyms of noun prescription
Part Holonyms of noun prescription
Member Meronyms of noun prescription
Substance Meronyms of noun prescription
Part Meronyms of noun prescription
Meronyms of noun prescription
Holonyms of noun prescription
Attributes of noun prescription
Derived Forms of noun prescription
1 of 4 senses of prescription
Sense 1
prescription
RELATED TO>(verb) prescribe#1
=> order, prescribe, dictate
Domain of noun prescription
Domain Terms of noun prescription
Familiarity of noun prescription
prescription used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun prescription
4 senses of prescription
Sense 1
prescription
> direction, instruction
=> rule
=> rule, prescript
=> rubric
=> misdirection
=> address, destination, name and address
=> markup
=> prescription
=> recipe, formula
=> rule
=> stage direction
=> style
=> system command
Sense 2
prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug
> medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
=> acyclovir, Zovirax
=> alendronate, Fosamax
=> allopurinol, Zyloprim
=> amrinone, Inocor
=> analgesic, anodyne, painkiller, pain pill
=> angiogenesis inhibitor
=> antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication
=> antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide
=> anticholinergic, anticholinergic drug
=> anticholinesterase
=> anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant
=> anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug
=> antidepressant, antidepressant drug
=> antidiabetic, antidiabetic drug
=> antidiarrheal, antidiarrheal drug
=> antidiuretic, antidiuretic drug
=> antiemetic, antiemetic drug
=> antihistamine
=> antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug
=> anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug
=> antiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug
=> antipyretic, febrifuge
=> antiseptic
=> antispasmodic, spasmolytic, antispasmodic agent
=> antitussive
=> antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drug
=> APC
=> astringent, astringent drug, styptic
=> atomic cocktail
=> azathioprine, Imuran
=> blocker, blocking agent
=> bronchodilator
=> calcium blocker, calcium-channel blocker
=> carminative
=> clofibrate, Atromid-S
=> clopidogrel bisulfate, Plavix
=> cold medicine
=> counterirritant
=> cytotoxic drug
=> decongestant
=> demulcent
=> diaphoretic
=> disulfiram, Antabuse
=> dose
=> Drixoral
=> drug cocktail, highly active antiretroviral therapy, HAART
=> expectorant, expectorator
=> fixed-combination drug
=> gemfibrozil, Lopid
=> hematinic, haematinic
=> herbal medicine
=> histamine blocker
=> immunosuppressant, immunosuppressor, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressive, immune suppressant drug
=> inhalant, inhalation
=> isoproterenol, Isuprel
=> isosorbide, Isordil
=> lipid-lowering medicine, lipid-lowering medication, statin drug, statin
=> methacholine, Mecholyl
=> nux vomica
=> over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine
=> oxytocic, oxytocic drug
=> paregoric, camphorated tincture of opium
=> patent medicine
=> penicillamine, Cuprimine
=> pentylenetetrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol, Metrazol
=> pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic
=> placebo
=> powder
=> prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug
=> probenecid
=> purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient
=> remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
=> rubefacient
=> sedative, sedative drug, depressant, downer
=> soothing syrup
=> specific
=> sucralfate, Carafate
=> sudorific, sudatory
=> suppository
=> tincture
=> tonic, restorative
=> tyrosine kinase inhibitor
=> vermicide
=> vermifuge, anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic
Sense 3
prescription
> written communication, written language
=> transcription, written text
=> writing
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> writing
=> prescription
=> prescription
=> reading, reading material
=> correspondence
=> code, codification
=> print, black and white
Sense 4
prescription
> written communication, written language
=> transcription, written text
=> writing
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> writing
=> prescription
=> prescription
=> reading, reading material
=> correspondence
=> code, codification
=> print, black and white
Meronyms of noun prescription
4 senses of prescription
Sense 2
prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug
=> medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
HAS SUBSTANCE: physostigmine
Sense 3
prescription
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Sense 4
prescription
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Holonyms of noun prescription
Grep of noun prescription
prescription
prescription drug
prescription medicine
Antonyms of adj prescription
1 sense of prescription
Sense 1
prescription(prenominal)(vs. nonprescription)
nonprescription(prenominal)(vs. prescription), over-the-counter(prenominal)
Similarity of adj prescription
1 sense of prescription
Sense 1
prescription(prenominal)(vs. nonprescription)
Pertainyms of adj prescription
Attributes of adj prescription
Domain of adj prescription
1 sense of prescription
Sense 1
prescription(prenominal)(vs. nonprescription)
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#2, medication#1, medicament#1, medicinal drug#1
Domain Terms of adj prescription
Familiarity of adj prescription
prescription used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj prescription
nonprescription
prescription
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