a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist; "he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly"医師または歯医者から薬剤師への書面での指示がなければ入手できない薬要指示薬
例:He told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly. 彼は、定期的に処方箋を服用していたと医師に言った。
directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; "I tried to follow her prescription for success"あらかじめ定められた指示規程
例:I tried to follow her prescription for success. 私は、成功のために彼女の助言に従おうとした。
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患者に発行される薬の形と量に関する薬剤師への医師または歯科医からの書面による指示薬箋