Prescription vs Transcript - What's the difference?
prescription | transcript |
(legal) The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc. .
(legal) A period of time within which a right must be exercised, unless the right is extinguished.
(medicine) A written order, as by a physician or nurse practitioner, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.
(medicine) The prescription medicine or intervention so prescribed.
(ophthalmology) The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc. .
A piece of advice.
(of a drug, etc. ) only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription
Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.
A copy of any kind; an imitation.
A written version of what was said orally; as, a transcript of a trial.
(genetics) A sequence of RNA produced by transcription
(education) An inventory of the courses taken and grades earned of a student alleged throughout a course.
As nouns the difference between prescription and transcript
is that prescription is (legal) the act of prescribing a rule, law, etc while transcript is something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.As an adjective prescription
is (of a drug, etc ) only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription.prescription
English
(wikipedia prescription)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- "Jurisdiction to prescribe " is a state's authority to make its laws applicable to certain persons or activities. -- Richard G. Alexander, Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996: Congress exceeds its jurisdiction to prescribe law. Washington and Lee Law Review, 1997.
- The prescription governing the victim’s right to enter a charge shall be interrupted by virtue of section 95 of the Criminal Code.
- The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy.
- The pharmacist gave her a bottle containing her prescription .
- The optician followed the optometrist's prescription for her new eyeglasses.
- "Early to bed and early to rise" is a prescription for a healthy lifestyle.
Adjective
(head)- Many powerful pain killers are prescription drugs in the U.S.