prescription

resepti

resepti-

silmälasimääräys

reseptilääke puhekieltä
The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc..
"Jurisdiction to prescribe" is a states authority to make its laws applicable to certain persons or activities.'' -- Richard G. Alexander, Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996: Congress exceeds its jurisdiction to prescribe law. Washington and Lee Law Review, 1997.
Also called limitation and negative prescription. A time period within which a right must be exercised, unless the right will be extinguished.
Also called acquisitive prescription and positive prescription. A time period after which a person who has, in the role of an owner, uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly possessed another's property acquires the property. The described process is known as acquisition by prescription and adverse possession.
puhekieltä A written order, as by a physician or nurse practitioner, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.
The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy.
puhekieltä The prescription medicine or intervention so prescribed.
The pharmacist gave her a bottle containing her prescription.
puhekieltä The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc..
The optician followed the optometrists prescription for her new eyeglasses.''
A piece of advice.
"Early to bed and early to rise" is a prescription for a healthy lifestyle.
(qualifier) only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription

Many powerful pain killers are prescription drugs in the U.S.