comâ¢modâ¢iâ¢ty. 1. an article of trade or commerce, esp. a product as distinguished from a service. 2. something of use, advantage, or value. 3. any unprocessed or partially processed good, as a grain, fruit or vegetable, or a precious metal.
Proscribe sounds similar to the word prescribe, but be careful: these words are essentially opposite in meaning. While proscribe means forbid, prescribe is used when a doctor recommends a medicine or remedy. Of course, if you want an excuse for not following your doctorâs orders, you could say you were confused about the meaning of these two words â but that would be lying, which is proscribed by most peopleâs value systems.
âPhysician Assistants donât prescribe.â False. State regulations vary, but for the most part, PAâs prescribe medications as any doctor does. In some states the term is âfurnish,â or âdispenseâ (when medications are given directly to the patient by the provider, as with samples), but these are minor distinctions.