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Meaning
Noun
●
In Medicine, Ophthalmology, Pharmacology, Pharmacy & Directives:
A
written
order from an
authorized
medical practitioner
for
provision
of a
medicine
or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific
lenses
needed
for a
pair
of glasses.
●
In Medicine:
The
medicine
or treatment
provided
by such an order.
●
In Directives:
Any
plan
of treatment or
planned
treatment.
●
In Law & Directives:
Synonym of
enactment
, the
act
of
establishing
a law,
regulation
, etc;
particularly
in writing
; an
instance
of this.
●
In Linguistics:
The
act
of
establishing
or
formalizing
ideal
norms
for language use,
as opposed to
describing
the
actual
norms
of such use; an
instance
of this.
●
In Law:
An
established
time period
within which a right must be
exercised
and after which it is
null
and
permanently
unenforceable.
●
In Law:
An
established
time period
after which a person who has
uninterruptedly
,
peacefully
, and
publicly
used another's
property
acquires
full
ownership
of it.
●
Synonym of
self-restraint
,
limiting
of
one's
actions
especially
according to
a
moral code
or social conventions.
Adj
●
only available with a
physician
or
nurse
practitioner's
written
prescription
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