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underprescribing

underprescribing is the present participle and gerund 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 underprescribing

What is underprescribing the present participle and gerund of?
Underprescribing is the present participle and gerund of underprescribe.

Words near underprescribing in the dictionary

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

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