Word: prescription
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pre
scrip
tion
Definition: A written order, as by a physician or nurse practitioner, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.
Morphemes:
Affix: prescript
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prescript
Language: fro
Decoded: prescript
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.