prescription

a. written instructions from a physician, dentist, etc., to a pharmacist stating the form, dosage strength, etc., of a drug to be issued to a specific patient

b. the drug or remedy prescribed

2. (of drugs) available legally only with a doctor's prescription

a. written instructions from an optician specifying the lenses needed to correct defects of vision

b. (as modifier): prescription glasses

4. Law

a. the uninterrupted possession of property over a stated period of time, after which a right or title is acquired (positive prescription)

b. the barring of adverse claims to property, etc., after a specified period of time has elapsed, allowing the possessor to acquire title (negative prescription)

c. the right or title acquired in either of these ways

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Prescription

written instructions from a physician to a pharmacy for the preparation and issuance of a medicine and also containing directions on how to administer the medicine. Prescriptions are written according to definite forms and rules. A simple prescription is written for a single medicinal substance, and a compound prescription is written for a medicine that consists of two or more ingredients. A prescription is a legal document, since it makes it possible to verify whether a medicine has been prepared correctly.

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It has enabled the centre, which provides 3,000 treatments a year, to buy specialist computer software to help with exercise prescription. The software allows personalised exercise and information sheets to be given to patients and their carers, ensuring the benefits of carry-over between treatment sessions.

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Exercise prescription should again progress toward the goals being set, so long as it is being done in a safe manner and the exercises are being performed properly.

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AiDEPT (Advanced Interactive Digital Exercise Prescription Technology) has also been supported by the University of Teesside - which supplied funding as well as personnel and physical resources - and Cels, the North-East's centre of excellence for healthcare and life science, which also supplied funding.

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