3 uses
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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
- After getting stitches and a strong prescription painkiller, he was driven back to the slaughterhouse and put back on the production line.p. 187.1
- Harding was sent home with a prescription for an antibiotic.p. 193.7
- The nation's other leading food safety agency, the FDA, spends much of its budget regulating prescription drugs.p. 264.3
There are no more uses of "prescribe" in Fast Food Nation.
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