prescription — pre·scrip·tion /pri skrip shən/ n [partly from Middle French prescription establishment of a claim, from Late Latin praescription praescriptio, from Latin, act of writing at the beginning, order, from praescribere to write at the beginning,… … Law dictionary
Exercise physiology — is a discipline involving the study of how exercise alters the structure and function of the human body. Exercise Physiology requires diverse knowledge and considerable study of various physiologic responses to exercise. Topics studied in… … Wikipedia
Exercise is Medicine — Exercise is Medicine™ is a nonprofit initiative launched by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)and the American Medical Association (AMA).The initiative calls for physical activity and exercise to be standard parts of disease… … Wikipedia
exercise — exercisable, adj. /ek seuhr suyz /, n., v., exercised, exercising. n. 1. bodily or mental exertion, esp. for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise. 2. something done or performed as a means of practice or… … Universalium
prescription — A direction of remedy or remedies for a disease, illness, or injury and the manner of using them. Also, a formula for the preparation of a drug or medicine. Prescription is a peremptory and perpetual bar to every species of action, real or… … Black's law dictionary
prescription — The acquisition of an easement by adverse user under claim of right for the prescriptive period. The acquisition of incorporeal hereditaments by adverse user. Plaza v Flak, 7 NJ 215, 81 A2d 137, 27 ALR2d 324. A presumption of grant from long… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Prescription — A physician s order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient. A prescription has several parts. They include the superscription or heading with the symbol “R” or “Rx”, which stands for the word recipe (meaning, in… … Medical dictionary
Green prescription — A green prescription is a card given by a doctor or nurse to a patient, with green exercise and lifestyle goals written on them.The term, used by health practitioners in New Zealand draws parallel to the usual prescriptions given to patients for… … Wikipedia
Medical prescription — ℞ redirects here. For other uses of Rx, see Rx. A prescription (℞) is a health care program implemented by a physician or other medical practitioner in the form of instructions that govern the plan of care for an individual patient.[1]… … Wikipedia
Green exercise — refers to physical exercise undertaken in relatively natural environments.ee also* Green prescriptionExternal links* [http://www.essex.ac.uk/bs/staff/pretty/green ex.shtm Green exercise research by Jules Pretty] … Wikipedia
