prescription drug

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prescription drug (plural prescription drugs)

  1. (pharmacology) A licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained.
    • 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring.
      Prescription drugs, they help me through the day / And that restraining order keeps me well at bay / And what's normal now, anyway?
    Antonym: over-the-counter drug

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