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underprescription

underprescription noun: failure to prescribe a drug as often as appropriate, where the appropriateness is defined by concepts such as standard of care, clinical guideline recommendations, or similar.

Noun

underprescription (uncountable)

  1. Failure to prescribe a drug as often as appropriate, where the appropriateness is defined by concepts such as standard of care, clinical guideline recommendations, or similar.
  2. Prescription of an inadequate amount of a drug.

Antonyms of underprescription

Origin of underprescription

From under- + prescription.

Questions about underprescription

What does underprescription mean?
Underprescription means failure to prescribe a drug as often as appropriate, where the appropriateness is defined by concepts such as standard of care, clinical guideline recommendations, or similar.
What part of speech is underprescription?
Underprescription is a noun.

Words near underprescription in the dictionary

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

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