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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To prescribe (a drug) less frequently than appropriate (as operationally defined, for example, by absence of prescription despite an approved indication and without any documented rationale for the overriding medical opinion). transitive

Antonyms

All antonyms

overprescribe

Etymology

From under- + prescribe.

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