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emergency supply

noun/ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi səˈplaɪ/

B2CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

The provision of a prescription-only medicine without a prescription, at a patient's or prescriber's request, under strict regulatory conditions.

She made an emergency supply of his inhaler after confirming he had been using it regularly for asthma.

Topic: Pharmacy practice in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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