prescriber
/pɹiskɹˈaɪbɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
noun
One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others' use of language.
Example Sentences
- "[…] the law made New Hampshire the first state to try to block pharmaceutical companies’ hard-sell pitches by restricting access to data that identifies doctors and other prescribers."
- "Alongside Webster's dictionary stood a slew of rabid reformers and prescribers of correct English."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin praescrībōbor. English prescribe English -er English prescriber From prescribe + -er.