Plural of prescription
regular plural
The plural of prescription is prescriptions.
Forms of prescription
| Singular | prescription /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | prescriptions |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Prescriptions in a sentence
- The surgeon had written thousands of prescriptions for pain killers without proper examinations before the police raided the clinic.
- I need you to pick up gramma's prescriptions on your way home.
- For controlled substances' prescriptions pharmacists do a double-count as a matter of course.From the entry double-count
- Some of the usage prescriptions improved clarity and were kept; others that yielded discordant violations of idiom were eventually revised.From the entry idiom
- Don't you love it when you start a new Disease - the pamphlets, the prescriptions, the attention?2004, Diane M. Parker, Ruth E. Mark, Reflections on a Life with Diabetes: A Memoir in Many Voices, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry sugar
Meaning of prescription
- noun A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.
- noun The medicine or treatment provided by such an order.
- noun Any plan of treatment or handling; the treatment or handling thus provided.
Questions about the plural of prescription
- What is the plural of prescription?
- The plural of prescription is prescriptions.
- Is prescription countable?
- Prescription is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prescription (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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