処しょ方ほう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

処方する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Primarily used in medical contexts for a doctor's prescription or the composition of a medicine. Also used more broadly for a recipe or formula.

〈人ひと〉に〈物もの〉を処しょ方ほうするto prescribe (a medicine) to someone
医い者しゃは患かん者じゃに抗こう生せい物ぶっ質しつを処しょ方ほうした。
The doctor prescribed antibiotics to the patient.
処しょ方ほう通どおりに〈動どう詞し〉to do something according to the prescription
処しょ方ほう通どおりに薬くすりを飲のんでください。
Please take the medicine as prescribed.

調ちょう剤ざい
調剤 refers to the pharmacist's act of compounding or dispensing medicine, while 処方 is the doctor's act of prescribing it or the formula itself.
レシピ
レシピ is a casual, general word for a recipe (usually cooking), whereas 処方 is a formal term used mainly for medical prescriptions or chemical formulas.
処しょ方ほう箋せんN1
処方箋 is the physical slip a doctor writes, while 処方 refers to the act of prescribing or the prescription content in general.
投とう与よ
処方 refers to a doctor writing a prescription for medicine, while 投与 refers to the actual act of giving that medicine to the patient.

処しょ置ちN1
処方 means prescribing medicine or a formula, while 処置 means taking a treatment or measure (e.g. medical first aid) — both start with 処 but refer to different medical actions.
投とう薬やく
処方 means writing or issuing a prescription, whereas 投薬 refers to actually giving the medicine to the patient.

From 処 (to deal with, to manage) and 方 (method, direction), referring to a prescribed method or formula.