prescription
/prɪˈskrɪpʃən/ noun [C]Definition
› a doctor's written instruction for the medicine that someone needs and for how it should be used: These drugs are only available on prescription. The doctor wrote him a prescription for two tablets, 100 mg each for a total of 200 mg a day. prescription medications/medicines/pharmaceuticals
(Definition of prescription noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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