As a Noun: 1. A PRESCRIPTION is the piece of paper on which your doctor writes an order for medicine and which you give to a chemist or pharmacist to get the medicine. 2. A PRESECRIPTION is a medicine which a doctor has told you to take. Note: 1. There appears to be no commonly used Auslan sign for PRESCRIPTION. If you know a sign for PRESCRIPTION used by you or other Auslan users (deaf people or interpreters) please go to "report missing sign" and supply details. Thank you.