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Narrator: Today's word is "Prescription" — noun, pronounced /prɪˈskrɪpʃn/, with the stress on "scrip".
Narrator: A prescription is a doctor's written order for a medicine or treatment.
Narrator: In plain English, you take it to the pharmacy to get medicine.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin praescriptio, a written order.
Narrator: A common collocation is "on prescription", which describes medicine only available with a doctor's order.
Narrator: It differs from "over the counter", which means you can buy medicine without one.
Narrator: In a second sense, a prescription is a recommended solution, like a prescription for growth.
Narrator: Medicine, pharmacy, optics and economics all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a prescription is a written order for treatment.
Speaker A: Why do glasses need a prescription?
Speaker B: Because lenses must match your eyes! PRESCRIPTION comes from the Latin for a written order.
Speaker A: So it's not just for medicine?
Speaker B: Right, glasses too.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Collect your prescription from the pharmacy", a task. "It's only available on prescription", a rule. "Her prescription for the economy is lower taxes", a proposal.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it "pre-", not "per-": prescription, not perscription.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Script is its casual cousin, remedy is its twin, and recipe is the historical alternative, but prescription keeps its medical charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "prescription" in AI prompts — useful for pharmacy systems and eyewear shops.
Speaker A: How would pharmacy systems use it?
Speaker B: Track status.
Prompt: Design a prescription tracking page showing received, being prepared and ready to collect.
Speaker A: And eyewear shops?
Speaker B: Validate input.
Prompt: Write a form that validates a glasses prescription, checking sphere, cylinder and axis ranges.
Speaker A: Could it help patients?
Speaker B: Yes, reading labels.
Prompt: Explain the abbreviations on a UK prescription label in plain English.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Reminders.
Prompt: Send a text reminder seven days before a repeat prescription runs out.
Prescription — meaning in Arabic & definition More P courses GL Dictionary