Prescriber
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
"[…] the law made New Hampshire the first state to try to block pharmaceutical companies’ hard-sell pitches by restricting access to data that identifies doctors and other prescribers."
- 2 One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others' use of language.
"Alongside Webster's dictionary stood a slew of rabid reformers and prescribers of correct English."
Example
More examples"[…] the law made New Hampshire the first state to try to block pharmaceutical companies’ hard-sell pitches by restricting access to data that identifies doctors and other prescribers."
Etymology
From prescribe + -er.
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