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prescription drug vs medicament

medicament vs prescription drug

prescription drug and medicament both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prescription drug Yes No No No
medicament Yes No No No
As nouns, medicament is a hypernym of prescription drug; that is, medicament is a word with a broader meaning than prescription drug:
  • prescription drug: a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
  • medicament: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Other hypernyms of prescription drug include medication, medicinal drug, medicine.
prescription drug (noun) medicament (noun)
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
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