prescription

/prɪˈskrɪpʃən/ noun

Translation

› [C] a piece of paper saying what medicine someone needs or the medicine itself

reçete

a doctor's prescription 606

on prescription › UK ( US by prescription) If you get a medicine on prescription, you only get it if you have a written instruction from your doctor.

reçeteyle

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(Definition of prescription noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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