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underprescribed

underprescribed is the simple past and past participle of underprescribe.

Meaning of underprescribe

Verb

underprescribe (third-person singular simple present underprescribes, present participle underprescribing, simple past and past participle underprescribed)

  1. (transitive) To prescribe (a drug) less frequently than appropriate (as operationally defined, for example, by absence of prescription despite an approved indication and without any documented rationale for the overriding medical opinion).
    Antonyms:
    overprescribe

Questions about underprescribed

What is underprescribed the simple past and past participle of?
Underprescribed is the simple past and past participle of underprescribe.

Words near underprescribed in the dictionary

  1. underprenylation
  2. underpreparation
  3. underprepared
  4. underpreparedness
  5. underprescribe
  6. underprescribed
  7. underprescribes
  8. underprescribing
  9. underprescription
  10. underpresence
  11. underpresences

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