deprescribe

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verb

To cease to prescribe (a medicine); to encourage or help someone stop taking a prescription medication.

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Meanings

verbdeprescribe (third-person singular simple present deprescribes, present participle deprescribing, simple past and past participle deprescribed)

present singular third person deprescribes · participle present deprescribing · participle past deprescribed · past deprescribed

  1. transitiveTo cease to prescribe (a medicine); to encourage or help someone stop taking a prescription medication.

    Estimates of effect size direction, while not attributable to a specific intervention or intervention type, were mixed with 47 % of trials being positive, 41 % negative, and 12 % undetermined, suggesting a lack of clarity regarding how to best deprescribe benzodiazepines and Z-drugs.

    2015 July 4, André S. Pollmann et al., “Deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in community-dwelling adults: a scoping review”, in BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology, volume 16, →DOI

Origin

From de- + prescribe.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

deprescribe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deprescribe

MLA

“deprescribe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deprescribe. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deprescribe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deprescribe.

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