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nonprescription

adj

Etymology

From non- + prescription.

  1. derived from praescriptio
  2. derived from prescripcion
  3. formed as nonprescription — “non- + prescription”

Definitions

  1. Not requiring a prescription

    Not requiring a prescription; over-the-counter.

    • Then he called his doctor and requested a sleep aid, a short-term prescription, something a little more potent than the nonprescription stuff.
    • The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the oral contraceptive Opill for over-the-counter use, making it the first nonprescription birth control pill in the United States, but it will be months before it’s available.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nonprescription. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA