prescription

== English == === Alternative forms === præscription (archaic) === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French prescripcion, from Latin praescriptio (“preface; pretext; something written ahead of time”), from prae- (“pre-, before”) + scribere (“to write”) + -tio (“-tion, forming nouns”). Equivalent to prescribe +‎ -tion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/, (proscribed) /pɝˈskɹɪp.ʃən/ === Noun === prescription (countable and uncountable, plural prescriptions) (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) 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. Synonyms: scrip, forescript, Rx, ℞ (medicine) The medicine or treatment provided by such an order. (figurative) Any plan of treatment or handling; the treatment or handling thus provided. (law) Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this. (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. (law) An established time period within which a right must be exercised and after which it is null and permanently unenforceable. Synonyms: extinctive prescription, liberative prescription (law) An established time period after which a person who has uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly used another's property acquires full ownership of it. Synonyms: acquisitive prescription, usucaption (obsolete) Synonym of self-restraint, limiting of one's actions especially according to a moral code or social conventions. ==== Usage notes ==== Often misspelled as or confused with proscription, the act of prohibiting something or condemning someone; in the linguistic sense, proscription is hyponymous to prescription. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== prescribe ==== Translations ==== === See also === prescriptivism == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French prescripcion, itself borrowed from Latin praescrīptiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === prescription f (plural prescriptions) (medicine) prescription (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) (law, sometimes figuratively) abandon of legal action by virtue of a statute of limitations; principle by which a person can no longer be prosecuted for a crime when a certain amount of time has elapsed Il y a prescription. ― Let bygones be bygones. (linguistics) prescription (act of establishing or formalizing ideal norms for language use, as opposed to describing the actual norms of such use) Coordinate term: description ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with proscription. ==== Related terms ==== prescriptif imprescriptible === Further reading === “prescription”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French prescripcion, borrowed from Latin praescriptio, praescriptionem. === Noun === prescription f (plural prescriptions) (Jersey) prescription