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prescriber

prescriber noun: a person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).

Noun

prescriber (plural prescribers)

  1. A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
    • […] the law made New Hampshire the first state to try to block pharmaceutical companies’ hard-sell pitches by restricting access to data that identifies doctors and other prescribers.2007 May 1, The Associated Press, “Prescription-Writing Law Is Voided”, in New York Times
  2. One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others' use of language.
    • Alongside Webster's dictionary stood a slew of rabid reformers and prescribers of correct English.2012, Alexander Bergs, Laurel J. Brinton, English Historical Linguistics, volume 1, page 971

Forms of prescriber

pluralprescribers

Origin of prescriber

From prescribe + -er.

Questions about prescriber

What does prescriber mean?
Prescriber means a person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
What part of speech is prescriber?
Prescriber is a noun.
What is the plural of prescriber?
The plural of prescriber is prescribers.

Words near prescriber in the dictionary

  1. prescribed burn
  2. prescribed burning
  3. prescribed burns
  4. prescribee
  5. prescribees
  6. prescriber
  7. prescribers
  8. prescribes
  9. prescribest
  10. prescribeth
  11. prescribing

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