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underprescribes

underprescribes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 underprescribes

What is underprescribes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Underprescribes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underprescribe.

Words near underprescribes in the dictionary

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

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