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UK
/pɹɪskɹˈaɪb/
]
[ US /pɹəsˈkɹaɪb, pɹisˈkɹaɪb/ ]
[ US /pɹəsˈkɹaɪb, pɹisˈkɹaɪb/ ]
VERB
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(medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription
the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble - issue commands or orders for
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recommend as beneficial
my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills
How To Use prescribe In A Sentence
- Siva's devotees are forbidden to use drugs of abuse, such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, barbiturates, psychedelics and marijuana, unless prescribed by a licensed physician.
- Metformin and sulfonylurea drugs -- the latter a class of diabetes drugs including glyburide, glipizide, chlorpropamide, tolbutamide and tolazamide -- are often among the first medications prescribed to lower blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. Drug linked to increased risk for older diabetics
- If you are anemic your health care provider may prescribe an iron supplement.
- He remained in hospital for two nights whilst prescribed medication re-established a regular heartbeat.
- It is likely your dentist will prescribe antibiotics to control the infection.
- Sometimes doctors prescribe a medicated cream or pills to treat difficult warts.
- WE ALL are very familiar with the term antibiotics-medicines prescribed by doctors to treat infections. WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria
- The drug is often prescribed for ulcers.
- If necessary, your child's doctor may prescribe medicines to relieve symptoms.
- As the law of 1580 prescribed a penalty of 50 years of banishment for adulterers, he was apparently convicted of adultery rather than incest.