"prescriber" meaning in English

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          "text": "[…] 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.",
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          "sense": "a person who prescribes medication",
          "word": "reseptin kirjoittaja"
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          "sense": "a person who prescribes medication",
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          "sense": "a person who prescribes medication",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person who prescribes medication",
      "word": "reseptin kirjoittaja"
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      "sense": "a person who prescribes medication",
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      "sense": "a person who prescribes medication",
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      "sense": "a person who prescribes medication",
      "word": "처방자"
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