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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• nonprescribed adjective
• self-prescribed adjective
• unprescribed adjective

Etymology

Origin of prescribed

prescribe ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Both antivirals can also be prescribed if you’ve been exposed to the flu and want to take it prophylactically.

From The Wall Street Journal

For instance, the report said employees were trained to diagnose atrial fibrillation when patients were on certain medications without checking whether they were prescribed for the condition.

From The Wall Street Journal

They would be worn for limited, prescribed periods during and following chemotherapy to provide compression to blood vessels.

From The Wall Street Journal

She said she became sick and her vision got blurry without her prescribed eye drops.

From Los Angeles Times

For many years, doctors questioned whether a commonly prescribed antiviral drug for children with the flu was responsible for serious neuropsychiatric symptoms, or whether those effects were actually caused by the infection itself.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• arbitrary
• recommended