prescription drug

noun

: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription

Examples of prescription drug in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The average American girl born in 2019 will take prescription drugs for more than half her life. Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 19 June 2024 Bring a list of prescription drugs, supplements, and herbs to the surgeon about two weeks before a vasectomy. Claire Gillespie, Health, 19 June 2024 Inside the Audi were a knife, pot paraphernalia, unopened booze bottles, prescription drugs with Post’s name on them and a bottle full of blue oval pills that turned out to be fentanyl, police said. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 June 2024 The agency found nearly 108,000 people died in 2022 from illicit or prescription drugs. Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for prescription drug 

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Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of prescription drug was in 1872

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“Prescription drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prescription%20drug. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

Medical Definition

prescription drug

noun
: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription

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