Prescription drug
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A 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?"
- 2 a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist wordnet
Example
More examples"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?"