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to prescribe

verb/ʁɨsɐjˈtaɾ/medium

re·cei·tar

Definition

To authorize the use of a medicine or treatment by issuing a prescription.
The doctor prescribed antibiotics for her bronchitis.
Only a licensed physician can prescribe this drug.
Common collocations
prescribe medicationprescribe antibioticsprescribe a treatment

Etymology

Do latim 'receptare', frequentativo de 'recipere' ('receber').

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