prescription drugs

noun

plural of prescription drug
as in patent medicines

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  1. prescriptions
  2. drugs
  3. medications
Noun
  • The affordability debate also is playing out in Democratic primaries, though, and some of the candidates who emerged victorious offered more scathing critiques of capitalism and more drastic policy prescriptions.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • In particular, low-income beneficiaries are accustomed to paying $5 to $10 for their standard prescriptions, making $50 a major barrier, according to KFF Health News.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of prescriptions
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  • Chung and her colleagues treat cells with diverse drugs and simultaneously measure intracellular regulatory proteins, including the direct drug targets, and the transcriptome over a longitudinal time course.
    — Rachel Martin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • In anticipation of the birth of his son, Ferguson had kicked a nagging heroin habit, trading his addiction to drugs for an infatuation with activism.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of drugs
Noun
  • Some but not all of his medications came, because the health plan said his provider needed to clarify his prescriptions.
    — Renuka Rayasam, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
  • The drugs normalized injectable medications, and patients saw the power of peptides firsthand.
    — Jenna Anderson, Health, 13 July 2026
Definition of medications
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“Prescription drugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription%20drugs. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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