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пропи́сывать — meaning in English

propisyvat

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English meaning

  • administer verb To manage, oversee, or run something, such as an organization, program, or set of rules.
  • prescribe verb For a doctor or other licensed practitioner to formally order a medicine or treatment for a patient.

Senses

пропи́сывать is used for these senses in English:

  • administer (transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
  • prescribe (medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).

administer — full definition

  1. verb To manage, oversee, or run something, such as an organization, program, or set of rules.
  2. verb To give someone a drug, treatment, or dose.

prescribe — full definition

  1. verb For a doctor or other licensed practitioner to formally order a medicine or treatment for a patient.
  2. verb To lay down as a rule or requirement; to specify how something must be done.

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