Fill the Prescription: Meaning, Usage & Examples

Meaning 1：fill a prescription (fill the prescription)

fill the prescription 🔊

/fɪl ðə prɪˈskrɪpʃən/

v.phr.

To get the medicine from a pharmacy as ordered by a doctor.

Person filling a prescription at pharmacy counter with pharmacist

fill a prescription 🔊

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/fɪl ə prɪˈskrɪpʃən/

v.phr.

To obtain the medication that a doctor has ordered from a pharmacy.

📁 Category：Diet & Health 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

Fill (OE 'fyllan') + Prescription (L. 'praescriptio' - written before).

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine a pharmacist filling a bottle with pills as per the doctor's order.

📖 Example

After the check-up, my dad went straight to the pharmacy to fill the prescription for his vitamins. 🔊 Following the medical check-up, my father went directly to the pharmacy to obtain the vitamins prescribed by the doctor.

🔗 Collocations

fill a prescription quickly – obtain medication without delay

fill a prescription for antibiotics – get antibiotics from a pharmacy

have a prescription filled at the pharmacy – get your medicine at the drugstore

🔄 Synonyms

obtain medication (verb phrase) – to get medicine that has been prescribed

have a prescription made up (verb phrase) – to have a pharmacist prepare the prescribed medicine

get a prescription filled (verb phrase) – to retrieve the prescribed medication from a pharmacy

📖 Cultural Story

The phrase reflects modern medical procedure: a doctor prescribes medication, and the patient fills the order at a pharmacy. Prescription originally meant 'written order' in Latin.