What is a direction of a remedy or of remedies for a disease, and the manner of using them; a medical recipe; also, a prescribed remedy called?
prescription — (Med.) A direction of a remedy or of remedies for a disease, and the manner of using them; a medical recipe; also, a prescribed remedy. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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