Prescriber vs Prescribes - What's the difference?
prescriber | prescribes |
A person, such as a physician, who prescribes medication
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To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient.
To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
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As a noun prescriber
is a person, such as a physician, who prescribes medication.As a verb prescribes is
(prescribe).prescriber
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Noun
(en noun)citation
prescribes
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Verb
(head)prescribe
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Usage notes
* The pronunciation with the stressed first syllable is normally used only when added distinction from (proscribe) is required.Verb
(prescrib)- The doctor prescribed aspirin.
- Prescribe not us our duties.
- Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.