"underprescribe" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: underprescribes [present, singular, third-person], underprescribing [participle, present], underprescribed [participle, past], underprescribed [past]
Etymology: under- + prescribe Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|prescribe}} under- + prescribe Head templates: {{en-verb}} underprescribe (third-person singular simple present underprescribes, present participle underprescribing, simple past and past participle underprescribed)
  1. (transitive) 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). Tags: transitive Related terms: underprescription
    Sense id: en-underprescribe-en-verb-z9YjvUPW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-

Inflected forms

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