Meanings
plural prescription drugs
- medicineA licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained.
2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring. Prescription drugs, they help me through the day / And that restraining order keeps me well at bay / And what's normal now, anyway?
Antonyms: over-the-counter drug
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 處方藥 /处方药
- 處方藥 /处方药 (chǔfāngyào)licensed medicine
Czech lék na předpis
- lék na předpislicensed medicine
Finnish reseptilääke
- reseptilääkelicensed medicine
German verschreibungspflichtiges Arzneimittel, verschreibungspflichtiges Medikament
- verschreibungspflichtiges Arzneimittellicensed medicine
- verschreibungspflichtiges Medikamentlicensed medicine
Korean 처방약
- 처방약 (cheobang'yak)licensed medicine
Māori pūroi tūtohu
- pūroi tūtohulicensed medicine
Russian рецепту́рное лека́рство
- рецепту́рное лека́рство (receptúrnoje lekárstvo)licensed medicine
Spanish medicamento con receta
- medicamento con recetalicensed medicine
Swedish receptbelagt läkemedel
- receptbelagt läkemedellicensed medicine
Cite this entry
prescription drug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prescription%20drug
“prescription drug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prescription%20drug. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prescription drug,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prescription%20drug.
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