prescriber

English

Etymology

From prescribe +‎ -er.

Noun

prescriber (plural prescribers)

1. A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
   • 2007 May 1, The Associated Press, “Prescription-Writing Law Is Voided”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] 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.

2. One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others' use of language.
   • 2012, Alexander Bergs, Laurel J. Brinton, English Historical Linguistics, volume 1, page 971:

     Alongside Webster's dictionary stood a slew of rabid reformers and prescribers of correct English.

Translations

a person who prescribes medication

• Finnish: reseptin kirjoittaja
• German: Verordner m, Verordnerin f
• Korean: 처방자 (cheobangja), 처방의 (cheobang'ui)

Interlingua

Verb

prescriber

1. to prescribe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prescriber

infinitive		prescriber
participle		present	perfect
		prescribente	prescribite, prescripte
active		simple	perfect
	present	prescribe	ha prescribite
	past	prescribeva	habeva prescribite
	future	prescribera	habera prescribite
	conditional	prescriberea	haberea prescribite
	imperative	prescribe
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es prescribite	ha essite prescribite
	past	esseva prescribite	habeva essite prescribite
	future	essera prescribite	habera essite prescribite
	conditional	esserea prescribite	haberea essite prescribite
	imperative	sia prescribite