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Definition of Prescribes

Prescribe
Prescribe Pre*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prescribed; p. pr & vb. n. Prescribing.] [L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae before + scriebe to write. See Scribe.] 1. To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct. Prescribe not us our duties. --Shak. Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run. --Dryden. 2. (Med.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine. Syn: To appoint; order; command; dictate; ordain; institute; establish.
Prescribe
Prescribe Pre*scribe", v. i. 1. To give directions; to dictate. A forwardness to prescribe to their opinions. --Locke. 2. To influence by long use [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 3. (Med.) To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever. 4. (Law) To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law.

Meaning of Prescribes from wikipedia

- for whom the medication prescribed is within their scope of practice to prescribe.[citation needed] This is regardless of whether the prescription includes...
- A prescribing pharmacist, also known as a pharmacist prescriber, is a pharmacist who is legally allowed to issue medical prescriptions for prescription-only...
- system for issuing and handling medical prescriptions. When a doctor prescribes medicine using the system, he or she does so electronically, with the...
- Social prescribing (also known as community referral) is when a Social Prescribing Link Worker engages with a patient to support them with a plan which...
- The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines (also known by the abbreviation MPG) is a referenced prescribing guideline for psychotropic drugs. Originally the...
- interaction between the Seven Sealands, such as prohibiting certain actions, prescribing punishments for crimes, establishing exchange rates for currencies, providing...
- political party attend and vote on legislation as the party leadership prescribes. In British politics, the Chief Whip of the governing party in the House...
- Separation of prescribing and dispensing, also called dispensing separation, is a practice in medicine and pharmacy in which the physician who provides...
- Form factor is a hardware design aspect that defines and prescribes the size, shape, and other physical specifications of components, particularly in electronics...
- Look up prescription, prescriptive, or prescribe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In general, the word prescriptive refers to refer to normative judgments...