prescription drug

English

Noun

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

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