prescription drug

noun

: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription

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Recommendations For Healthcare Organizations There are several things leaders in the healthcare space can do to help tackle the costs of prescription drugs. Danny Sanchez, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025 The overhaul also will bring changes to the agency that scrutinizes the safety of prescription drugs, food and medical devices. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025 During a budget hearing this month, Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, the number-two Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, raised concerns about Healey’s prescription drug proposal. State House News Service, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025 The average American girl born in 2019 will take prescription drugs for more than half her life. Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prescription drug

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of prescription drug was in 1872

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“Prescription drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prescription%20drug. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

Medical Definition

prescription drug

noun
: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription

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