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 ( def ).

Other Words From

• non·pre·scribed adjective
• self-pre·scribed adjective
• un·pre·scribed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of prescribed¹

prescribe ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Sometimes a doctor may also prescribe drugs to fight the inflammation.

From Science News For Students

Mondol said she has been unable to obtain certain doses of two of the most commonly prescribed opioids, oxycodone and oxymorphone—the drug Angevine was on.

From Fortune

I think I mention this in that article as well, but my parents and I were prescribing my training, and we were obviously not educated.

From Outside Online

Jinx prescribes one of its proprietary mixes based on results and ships directly to the pet owner’s home.

From Fortune

Bonomolo said she was released from the emergency room and prescribed ibuprofen to manage the pain.

From Washington Post

He was prescribed a course of hormone pills that caused him to grow breasts and rendered him impotent.

From The Daily Beast

Since then, Abilify has risen from the fifth-most-prescribed drug to the top of the heap.

From The Daily Beast

And this is extremely powerful medicine, being prescribed at an astonishingly high rate.

From The Daily Beast

Palmer also went on a small weight lifting program prescribed by one doctor and a general strengthening scheme devised by another.

From The Daily Beast

Of the 2,319 people prescribed Truvada for PrEP in 2012 and 2013 nationwide, almost half were women.

From The Daily Beast

Violation of the immunity due to those who come with this mission, duly accredited, in the form prescribed by international law.

From Project Gutenberg

In admitting a member, if no form of election has been prescribed, each candidate must be elected separately.

From Project Gutenberg

The Act also prescribed the manner in which this share was to be divided amongst the respective railways.

From Project Gutenberg

To this they are called by his high authority; their oath sworn in their social capacity is prescribed by his command.

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Quinine, cholagogue, and whiskey were prescribed in large quantities, and Peter wondered why they failed to cure.

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Related Words

• arbitrary
• recommended