Home › Words › D › deprescribedeprescribedeprescribe · verb — to cease to prescribe (a medicine); to encourage or help someone stop taking a prescription medication.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom de- + prescribe.verbTo cease to prescribe (a medicine); to encourage or help someone stop taking a prescription medication.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.deprescription 84% match — The process of deprescribing. vs deprescribe →unprescribe 76% match — To recommend against (something previously prescribed); to withdraw a prescription. vs deprescribe →deproscribe 65% match — To lift a proscription or ban from. vs deprescribe →dechallenge 64% match — To stop administering a drug to a patient, to see whether its suspected effects cease to occur. vs deprescribe →deproscription 63% match — The act of deproscribing. vs deprescribe →depathologize 62% match — To cease to treat as a medical disorder. vs deprescribe →prescribee 62% match — A person who is prescribed some medication. vs deprescribe →misprescribe 61% match — To prescribe (a medicine) erroneously. vs deprescribe →