All 11 Uses of
prescribe
in
Lucky, by Sebold
- I thought, even then, that this doctor needed the Valium he prescribed for me more than I did.
Chpt 1 *prescribed = instructed to be given
- When he left the room I did what I knew I would do almost immediately, and crumpled up the prescription to throw it into the waste bin.†
Chpt 1prescription = a recommendation or requirement OR (from a medical doctor) an instruction -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- I clung to it, coming in and out of consciousness on my way to the hospital, during the internal stitches of the pelvic exam, and while the psychiatrist gave me the prescription for the very pills that had once made my mother numb.†
Chpt 1
- My mother had always been nervous; she never acclimated to her prescribed role as housewife.†
Chpt 3prescribed = recommended or required what should be done OR (of a medical doctor) gave medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- He jumped on this: "New prescription or just new design of frame?"†
Chpt 8prescription = a recommendation or requirement OR (from a medical doctor) an instruction -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- Prescription the same?†
Chpt 8
- Prescribed by whom?†
Chpt 8prescribed = recommended or required what should be done OR (of a medical doctor) gave medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- December 1980, I think, was my last prescription.†
Chpt 8prescription = a recommendation or requirement OR (from a medical doctor) an instruction -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- Prescribed and made in 1980, is that correct?†
Chpt 8prescribed = recommended or required what should be done OR (of a medical doctor) gave medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- That my prescription had been updated six months before the rape.†
Chpt 8prescription = a recommendation or requirement OR (from a medical doctor) an instruction -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- The police brought me to Grouse Irving Memorial Hospital and I went to the lab, where they prescribed medication for my facial cuts.†
Chpt 8prescribed = recommended or required what should be done OR (of a medical doctor) gave medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
Definition:
to recommend or require what should be done
or more specifically:
of a medical doctor: to give medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
or more specifically:
of a medical doctor: to give medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics