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
written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
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" - prescription drug- prescription medicine- ethical drug
directions prescribed beforehand
the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions "I tried to follow her prescription for success"
Adjective
available only with a doctor's written prescription "a prescription drug"