Adherence to (compliance with) drug treatment is important. However, only about half the people who leave a doctor's office with a prescription take the drug as directed. Among the many reasons people give for not adhering to drug treatment, forgetfulness is the most common.
Definition of periodical. 1  1 : periodic 1. 2  2a : published with a fixed interval between the issues or numbersb : published in, characteristic of, or connected with a periodical.
Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Magazine. Magazines, periodicals, glossies, or serials are publications that are printed with ink on paper, and generally published on a regular schedule and containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three. At its root the word magazine refers to a collection or storage location. In the case of written publication, it is a collection of written articles. Chambers 20th Century Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: