Definizione monolingua

prescription

prescription (plural prescriptions)

1. (law) The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc..

   ""Jurisdiction to prescribe"" is a states authority to make its laws applicable to certain persons or activities. -- Richard G. Alexander, Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996: Congress exceeds its jurisdiction to prescribe law. Washington and Lee Law Review, 1997.

2. (law) A period of time within which a right must be exercised, unless the right is extinguished.

   The prescription governing the victim’s right to enter a charge shall be interrupted by virtue of section 95 of the Criminal Code.

3. (medicine) A written order, as by a physician, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.

   The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy.

4. (medicine) The prescription medicine or intervention so prescribed.

   The pharmacist gave her a bottle containing her prescription.

5. (ophthalmology) The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc..

   The optician followed the optometrists prescription for her new eyeglasses.

6. An advice.

   ""Early to bed and early to rise"" is a prescription for a healthy lifestyle.

prescription

1. (of a drug, etc.) only available with a physicians written prescription

   Many powerful pain killers are prescription drugs in the U.S.

Definizione dizionario prescription

	prescrizione
	Acquisition of a personal right to use a way, water, light and air by reason of continuous usage. Prescription is a peremptory and perpetual bar to every species of action, real or personal, when creditor has been silent for a certain time without urging his claim.(Source: WESTS)
	Una descrizione scritta da un medico di una medicina e del suo dosaggio.
	A written description by a physician of medicine and dosage.

	ricetta
	written order for the administration of a medicine

usucapione

Altri significati:

An advice.

the prescribed medicine

(medicine) The medicine or intervention so prescribed.

(law) A period of time within which a right must be exercised, unless the right is extinguished.

(of a drug, etc.) only available with a physician's written prescription

lapse of rights after a period of time

(ophthalmology) The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, '''etc.''' .

formal description of the lens geometry

prescription (medical)

(law) The act of prescribing a rule, law, '''etc.''' .

available with prescription

(medicine) A written order, as by a physician, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.

the act of prescribing a rule or law