prescription drug

English

Noun

prescription drug (plural prescription drugs)

(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

Translations

licensed medicine

Chinese:
Mandarin: 處方藥／处方药 (chǔfāngyào)
Czech: lék na předpis m
Finnish: reseptilääke (fi)
German: verschreibungspflichtiges Arzneimittel n, verschreibungspflichtiges Medikament n
Maori: pūroi tūtohu
Russian: рецепту́рное лека́рство n (receptúrnoje lekárstvo)
Spanish: medicamento con receta m
Swedish: receptbelagt läkemedel n

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