Prescription
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Prescription has various meanings.
In a health care context:
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Medical prescription, written by a health care professional Eyeglass prescription, written by an ophthalmologist or an optometrist Property prescription, written by a landscape architect or other natural scientist concerned with client property/plant health Contact lens prescription Prescription drug, a drug available only by a medical prescription
Other meanings:
Linguistic prescription, the laying down of normative language rules Prescription (law), a doctrine in international law about sovereignty over a territory Period of Prescription, a civil law system analogue to the common law institute of a statute of limitations, applied to periods during which rights and obligations are legally enforceable
- See also Proscription
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