prescription-only
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prescription-only
Available only with a doctor's prescription. Such medicines may be dispensed only when the appropriate prescription is provided.
Dieses Antibiotikum ist verschreibungspflichtig.
This antibiotic is available by prescription only.
| basic form | verschreibungspflichtig |
|---|
| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom. | -e | -e | -e | -en |
| acc. | -en | -e | -e | -en |
| dat. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
| gen. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
Add the ending to verschreibungspflichtig.
| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom. | -er | -e | -es | -en |
| acc. | -en | -e | -es | -en |
| dat. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
| gen. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
Add the ending to verschreibungspflichtig.
| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom. | -er | -e | -es | -e |
| acc. | -en | -e | -es | -e |
| dat. | -em | -er | -em | -en |
| gen. | -en | -er | -en | -er |
Add the ending to verschreibungspflichtig.
'Verschreibungspflichtig' (prescription-only) is made up of 'Verschreibung' (prescription) and 'pflichtig' (required). The second component shows that a prescription is required for obtaining it.
Auf der Packung steht, dass dieses Präparat verschreibungspflichtig ist.
The packaging says that this medication is available by prescription only.
The adjective often appears with words from the medical and pharmacy fields, such as 'Medikament' (medication), 'Arzneimittel' (medicine), 'Präparat' (preparation), or 'Schmerzmittel' (painkiller).
Der Arzt erklärte ihr, warum dieses starke Schmerzmittel verschreibungspflichtig ist.
The doctor explained to her why this strong painkiller is available by prescription only.
'Verschreibungspflichtig' (prescription-only) is used mainly in medical, pharmaceutical, and legal specialist language. In a sentence, it appears either before a noun or after 'sein' (to be).
In der Apotheke fragte er nach, ob das neue Arzneimittel verschreibungspflichtig sei.
At the pharmacy, he asked whether the new medicine was available by prescription only.
