prescribble

verb
1: to write a prescription both carelessly and illegibly

noun
2: a handwritten prescription that is so illegible the pharmacist or patient must ask the physician that wrote it for clarification

Inflected Forms include: pre-scrib-bled; pre-scrib-bling

Pronunciation: pri-skri-bl

Doctors and patients beware the prescribble as misunderstood treatments are hazardous and may lead to lawsuits.

Please don't prescribble. Instead use computerized order systems and have the prescriptions printed or typed.

by Real Commenter January 7, 2008

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