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The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed.

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Instruction 76% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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Medicament 76% connected

Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.

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Medication 76% connected

The act or process of medicating.

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Medicine 76% connected

The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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Refill 76% connected

To fill, or become full, again.

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Dictate 74% connected

To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.

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Dictate 74% connected

To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.

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Contraindication noun · 85% connection

(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment

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Medicinal drug noun · 85% connection

(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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Tincture noun · 85% connection

(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution

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Antidote noun · 85% connection

a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

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Counterpoison noun · 85% connection

a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

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Dosage noun · 85% connection

a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

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Dose noun · 85% connection

a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

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Acting out noun · 85% connection

(psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words); considered to be healthy and therapeut…

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Anticoagulant noun · 85% connection

medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood

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Anticoagulant medication noun · 85% connection

medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood

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Decoagulant noun · 85% connection

medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood

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Acyclovir noun · 85% connection

an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms

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Alendronate noun · 85% connection

a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause

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Allopurinol noun · 85% connection

a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid

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Amrinone noun · 85% connection

a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium

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Analgesic noun · 85% connection

a medicine used to relieve pain

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Angiogenesis inhibitor noun · 85% connection

a drug that is designed to prevent the growth of blood vessels that nourish tumors

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Antabuse noun · 85% connection

a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested

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Apophthegm noun · 78% connection

A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.

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Arbitrator noun · 78% connection

One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor.

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Attach verb · 78% connection

To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a t…

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Attachable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.

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Breve noun · 78% connection

Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.

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Caution noun · 78% connection

Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.

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Commandment noun · 78% connection

An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.

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Dictation noun · 78% connection

The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.

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Diet noun · 78% connection

A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.

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Document noun · 78% connection

That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

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Example noun · 78% connection

An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exerci…

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