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prescripción — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lapse noun A brief slip or failure, especially a temporary lowering of standards or attention.
  • prescription noun A doctor's written authorization for a patient to receive a particular medicine or treatment.

Senses

prescripción is used for these senses in English:

  • lapse A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
  • prescription (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.

lapse — full definition

  1. noun A brief slip or failure, especially a temporary lowering of standards or attention.
  2. noun The ending of a right, agreement, or membership because it was left unused or not renewed.
  3. verb To slip gradually into a worse state, bad habit, or silence.
  4. verb To become invalid because a deadline passed or it was not renewed.

prescription — full definition

  1. noun A doctor's written authorization for a patient to receive a particular medicine or treatment.
  2. noun A recommended plan or method for dealing with a problem.

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