prescription
noun
[ prɪˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n ]
• an instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment.
• "he scribbled a prescription for tranquillizers"
• a recommendation that is authoritatively put forward.
• "effective prescriptions for sustaining rural communities"
• the establishment of a claim founded on the basis of a long or indefinite period of uninterrupted use or of long-standing custom.
Origin:
late Middle English (as a legal term): via Old French from Latin praescriptio(n- ), from the verb praescribere (see prescribe). prescription (sense 1) dates from the late 16th century.
