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misprescription

misprescription noun: the erroneous prescription of a medicine.

Noun

misprescription (countable and uncountable, plural misprescriptions)

  1. The erroneous prescription of a medicine.

Forms of misprescription

pluralmisprescriptions

Origin of misprescription

From mis- + prescription.

Questions about misprescription

What does misprescription mean?
Misprescription means the erroneous prescription of a medicine.
What part of speech is misprescription?
Misprescription is a noun.
What is the plural of misprescription?
The plural of misprescription is misprescriptions.

Words near misprescription in the dictionary

  1. mispreparing
  2. misprescribe
  3. misprescribed
  4. misprescribes
  5. misprescribing
  6. misprescription
  7. misprescriptions
  8. mispresent
  9. mispresented
  10. mispresenting
  11. mispresents

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