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Misprescription vs Misprescribe - What's the difference?

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Misprescribe is a related term of misprescription.



As a noun misprescription

is the erroneous prescription of a medicine.

As a verb misprescribe is

to prescribe (a medicine) erroneously.

misprescription

English

Noun

  • The erroneous prescription of a medicine.

    • misprescribe

    English

    Verb

    (misprescrib)
  • To prescribe (a medicine) erroneously.
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    • , passage=Disagreeing with Iowa’s nosologist, Ms. Petersen says the lethal consequences of overprescribed or misprescribed drugs are too readily accepted as “natural” death. }}

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    * misprescription