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PRESCRIBED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set down as a rule or guide
Classified under:
Similar:
nonarbitrary; unarbitrary (not subject to individual determination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Formally laid down or imposed
Example:
positive laws
Synonyms:
positive; prescribed
Classified under:
Similar:
formal (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
Example:
in prescribed order
Synonyms:
official; prescribed
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Fixed or established especially by order or command
Example:
at the time appointed (or the appointed time)
Synonyms:
appointed; decreed; ordained; prescribed
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
settled (established or decided beyond dispute or doubt)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb prescribe
Context examples:
On the terms of the wager I lose unless I can produce a man, within the prescribed ages, who can beat Crab Wilson.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She wanted it to be prescribed, and felt as a duty.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
IV fluid is prescribed as a replacement of fluid, electrolytes, calories, vitamins, and other nutritional substances.
(IV Fluid, NCI Thesaurus)
An indication that a medication schedule was modified by temporarily terminating a prescribed regimen of medication.
(Drug Interrupted, NCI Thesaurus)
An indication or description of whether a laboratory specimen was obtained from a subject that has abstained from food and possibly water for the prescribed amount of time.
(Laboratory Test Fasting Status, NCI Thesaurus)
An indication that a medication schedule was modified through termination of a prescribed regimen of medication.
(Drug Withdrawn, NCI Thesaurus)
A specimen obtained from a subject who has abstained from food and possibly water, according to the prescribed amount of time.
(Fasting Specimen, NCI Thesaurus)
Specifies whether the subject has abstained from food and possibly water for the prescribed amount of time.
(Fasting Status Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)
The regular strength or dosage quantity of a therapeutic agent prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.
(Moderate-Dose Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)
A measure of the daily calories prescribed for parenteral and enteral therapy.
(Pen Calorie, NCI Thesaurus)
