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prescrizione

prescription

noun preh-skree-TSYOH-neh Less Common
Body & Health Medicine

Origin: from Latin praescriptio 'a writing before'

Also means

statute of limitations

Usage Note

Prescrizione covers both a doctor's prescription and the legal sense of a 'statute of limitations', the lapsing of a right or charge over time. In medicine you also hear ricetta for the prescription slip itself, while in courts cadere in prescrizione means a case has timed out.

Examples

"Il medico ha firmato la prescrizione."

Natural Translation

The doctor signed the prescription.

Literal Translation

The doctor has signed the prescription.

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