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prescribed

American  
[pri-skrahybd] / prɪˈskraɪbd /

adjective

  1. dictated or indicated as a rule or course of action to be followed.

    To limit your definition of art to certain prescribed forms is to cut yourself off from the bulk of human existence.

  2. Medicine/Medical. (of a medicine, treatment, etc.) recommended or ordered by a qualified practitioner.

    Test results for legal or prescribed drugs are returned in about two minutes.


verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of prescribe.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of prescribed

prescribe ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )

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Dalziel notes that acetaminophen and ibuprofen are among the medicines most often prescribed or purchased over the counter for babies around the world.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

She added that pet owners deserved "accurate, evidence-based guidance on the need for, and risks of, the existing and new chemicals which are being prescribed".

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Read also: It can take as little as 5 minutes online to get prescribed a GLP-1 for weight loss.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

Which “widely prescribed medications” might the report be talking about?

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

Gene Berkenkamp and the rest of the Cal boys leaned into their oars and took the prescribed ten extra- hard pulls.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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