Prescription

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

A direction of a remedy or of remedies for a disease, and the manner of using them; a medical recipe; also, a prescribed remedy.

A prescribing for title; the claim of title to a thing by virtue immemorial use and enjoyment; the right or title acquired by possession had during the time and in the manner fixed by law.

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"

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

written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person