adj.
1.available only with a doctor's written prescription prescription n.
1.directions prescribed beforehand
2.a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
3.written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
4.written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
Idiom of the Day
pay one's debt to society
to serve a sentence for a crime (usually in prison)
The young man spent several years in prison in order to pay his debt to society.