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medication vs prescription

prescription vs medication

medication and prescription both are nouns.

medication is not an adjective while prescription is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
medication Yes No No No
prescription Yes Yes No No
As nouns, prescription is a hyponym of medication; that is, prescription is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than medication:
  • medication: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
  • prescription: a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
Other hyponyms of medication include acyclovir, Zovirax, alendronate, Fosamax, allopurinol, Zyloprim, amrinone, Inocor, analgesic, anodyne, pain pill, painkiller, angiogenesis inhibitor, antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication, antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide, anticholinergic, anticholinergic drug, anticholinesterase, anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant, anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug, antidepressant, antidepressant drug, antidiabetic, antidiabetic drug, antidiarrheal, antidiarrheal drug, antidiuretic, antidiuretic drug, antiemetic, antiemetic drug, antihistamine, antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug, anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug, antiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug, antipyretic, febrifuge, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic, antitussive, antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drug, APC, astringent, astringent drug, styptic, atomic cocktail, azathioprine, Imuran, blocker, blocking agent, bronchodilator, calcium-channel blocker, calcium blocker, carminative, Atromid-S, clofibrate, clopidogrel bisulfate, Plavix, cold medicine, counterirritant, cytotoxic drug, decongestant, demulcent, diaphoretic, Antabuse, disulfiram, dosage, dose, Drixoral, drug cocktail, HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy, expectorant, expectorator, fixed-combination drug, gemfibrozil, Lopid, haematinic, hematinic, herbal medicine, histamine blocker, immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor, inhalant, inhalation, isoproterenol, Isuprel, Isordil, isosorbide, lipid-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medicine, statin, statin drug, Mecholyl, methacholine, nux vomica, over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine, oxytocic, oxytocic drug, camphorated tincture of opium, paregoric, patent medicine, Cuprimine, penicillamine, Metrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol, pentylenetetrazol, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, placebo, powder, ethical drug, prescription drug, prescription medicine, probenecid, aperient, cathartic, physic, purgative, curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic, rubefacient, depressant, downer, sedative, sedative drug, soothing syrup, specific, Carafate, sucralfate, sudatory, sudorific, suppository, tincture, restorative, tonic, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, vermicide, anthelminthic, anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge, lupulin, scillaren, Emser salt, natural Ems salt, Cebion, Relanium.
medication (noun) prescription (noun)
the act of treating with medicines or remedies a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
medication (adjective) prescription (adjective)
available only with a doctor's written prescription
Difference between medication and prescription

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