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prescription drugs

prescription drugs is the plural of prescription drug.

Meaning of prescription drug

Noun

prescription drug (plural prescription drugs)

  1. A licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained.
    • Prescription drugs, they help me through the day / And that restraining order keeps me well at bay / And what's normal now, anyway?2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring.
    Antonyms:
    over-the-counter drug

Questions about prescription drugs

What is prescription drugs the plural of?
Prescription drugs is the plural of prescription drug.

Words near prescription drugs in the dictionary

  1. prescriptible
  2. prescription
  3. prescription bottle
  4. prescription bottles
  5. prescription drug
  6. prescription drugs
  7. prescription glasses
  8. prescriptionist
  9. prescriptionistic
  10. prescriptionists
  11. prescriptionless

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