Prescriber

Definitions

1. A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
2. One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others' use of language.

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] 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.”

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