Hyphenation of PRESCRIPTION

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word PRESCRIPTION? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

PRE-SCRIP-TION

Definitions of PRESCRIPTION:

1.	Directions prescribed beforehand The action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions I tried to follow her prescription for success
2.	A drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist He told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly
3.	Written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
4.	Written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
5.	Available only with a doctor's written prescription A prescription drug

Synonyms of PRESCRIPTION:

adj	prescription
noun	direction, instruction
noun	prescription drug, prescription medicine, ethical drug, medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
noun	written communication, written language
noun	written communication, written language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.