prescription
Definitions
Noun
- Directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
- A drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
- Written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
- Written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
Adjective
- Available only with a doctor's written prescription
Fragment
Sounds Like
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Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "prescription".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prescription | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | prescriptions | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | non-prescription | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | nonprescription | 4 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "prescription".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | presentation | 4 | 33 |
| 2 | proclamation | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | prostitution | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | specialization | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | prosecution | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | approximation | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | proliferation | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | proscription | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | specification | 5 | 3 |
| 10 | perpetuation | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | panelization | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | pasteurization | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | precondition | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | episcopalian | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | pacification | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | pakistanian | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | palestinian | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | pancanadian | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | pediatrician | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | peleponnesian | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | peloponnesian | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | pigmentation | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | port-clinton | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | precambrian | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | predilection | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | pressurization | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | proletarian | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | protestation | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | puerto_rican | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | spectravision | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "prescription".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | description | 3 | 54 |
| 2 | precision | 3 | 46 |
| 3 | reception | 3 | 38 |
| 4 | restrictions | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | preservation | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | descriptions | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | restriction | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | inscription | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | subscription | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | proscription | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | presumption | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | prescriptions | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | transcription | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | presumptions | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | nonprescription | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | non-prescription | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | precipitation | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | prescribing | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | transcriptions | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | pressurization | 5 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "prescription" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prescription drugs | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "prescription" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "prescription" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | following | 3 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "prescription".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | proscription | 3 | 3 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 4
Sound Alikes: 30
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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