prescription drug

noun

: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription

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Sanders asked if Kennedy and Trump would work with him on lowering the price of prescription drugs. Megan Lebowitz, NBC news, 14 May 2025 After two years…of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation therapy, of surgery, excruciating pain, the incredible amount of prescription drugs, and all the fervent prayers, my incredible, loving wife succumbed to the aggressive HER2 Triple-Negative breast cancer. Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025 On May 12th, President Trump signed an executive order aimed to significantly decrease prescription drug prices in the United States. Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 This, Trump hopes, will open a round of negotiations between the agency and the pharmaceutical and prescription drug industries to knock down drug prices. Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for prescription drug

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of prescription drug was in 1872

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“Prescription drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prescription%20drug. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

Medical Definition

prescription drug

noun
: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription

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