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nonprescription

nonprescription adjective: not requiring a prescription; over-the-counter.

Adjective

nonprescription (not comparable)

  1. Not requiring a prescription; over-the-counter.
    • Rep. Byron Rushing (D-Boston) has introduced a bill into the Committee on Health Care that would allow nonprescription sales and possession of needles. Massachusetts is one of 11 states in the U.S. that currently requires a prescription to purchase a needle.1991 April 22, Elizabeth Yukins, “Needle Exchange Cases Could Alter Law”, in Gay Community News, page 3
    • Then he called his doctor and requested a sleep aid, a short-term prescription, something a little more potent than the nonprescription stuff.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin of nonprescription

From non- + prescription.

Questions about nonprescription

What does nonprescription mean?
Nonprescription means not requiring a prescription; over-the-counter.
What part of speech is nonprescription?
Nonprescription is an adjective.

Words near nonprescription in the dictionary

  1. nonprerequisites
  2. nonpresbyopic
  3. nonprescribable
  4. nonprescribed
  5. nonprescribing
  6. nonprescription
  7. nonprescriptive
  8. nonpreselected
  9. nonpresence
  10. nonpresent
  11. nonpresentable

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