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Noun: prescription drug
  1. A drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
    "he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription drug regularly";
    - prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug

Derived forms: prescription drugs

Type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

Antonym: over-the-counter drug

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