prescribed

[pri-skrahybd]

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

• nonprescribed adjective
• self-prescribed adjective
• unprescribed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of prescribed¹

prescribe ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Then they can schedule an appointment at any participating One Medical location and, if they’re prescribed medication, ask the provider to send it to Amazon Pharmacy.

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In the spring, they hope to perform a prescribed burn along the break.

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For more than two decades, finasteride has been prescribed to millions of men seeking to slow or reverse hair loss.

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He has been waiting for medical and dental consultations, after medications he was previously prescribed left him without teeth and unable to walk.

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The Angels lawyers will tell the jury that taking opioids prescribed by a physician during recovery from surgery is vastly different than Skaggs chopping up and snorting counterfeit pills that were not prescribed for him.

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