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Meaning of underprescribe | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To prescribe (a drug) less frequently than appropriate (as operationally defined, for example, by absence of prescription despite an approved indication and without any documented rationale for the overriding medical opinion).

transitive

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

underprescribed underprescribes underprescribing underpressurise underpressurised underpressurises

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