prescription drug

noun

: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription

Examples of prescription drug in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, Medicare Part D prescription drug plans may see modest premium increases in 2027, according to an analysis by KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group. — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Florida has separately crafted a Canadian prescription drug importation program with authorization from the federal government, but that initiative has stalled. — Fatima Hussein, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Pharmacists have long argued that middlemen called pharmacy benefit managers (PBM)—which manage prescription drug benefits for insurers—reimburse pharmacies too little for many medications, cutting into pharmacy margins. — Alana Semuels, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Americans routinely pay more for prescription drugs than patients in other wealthy countries, even when the medications are made by the same companies. — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for prescription drug

• antidrug
• mealybug
• multidrug
• chug
• doug
• dug
• hug
• jug
• lug
• mug
• plug
• pug

Medical Definition

prescription drug

noun

: a drug that can be obtained only by means of a physician's prescription