underprescribe

verb

Etymology

From under- + prescribe.

  1. borrowed from praescrībere
  2. prefixed as underprescribe — “under + prescribe

Definitions

  1. To prescribe (a drug) less frequently than appropriate (as operationally defined, for…

    To prescribe (a drug) less frequently than appropriate (as operationally defined, for example, by absence of prescription despite an approved indication and without any documented rationale for the overriding medical opinion).

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