available only with a doctor's written prescription; a prescription drug'
prescription (adj.)
directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; I tried to follow her prescription for success'
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
[ Syn: prescription drug , prescription drug , prescription medicine , prescription medicine , ethical drug , ethical drug ]
written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
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