prescripción

prescription

noun preh-skrip-SYOHN Rare

Origin: From Latin praescriptio, from praescribere (to write beforehand).

Also means

statute of limitations

Usage Note

Prescripción has two core meanings learners must keep separate: (1) a medical prescription (prescripción médica or prescripción facultativa), and (2) the legal doctrine that a right or criminal charge lapses after a set period (prescripción del delito). The verb is prescribir. Note that for a medicine prescription, receta is more common in everyday speech.

Examples

"El médico extendió una prescripción para los antibióticos."

Natural Translation

The doctor wrote a prescription for the antibiotics.

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