What is Rx?

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Rx is medical shorthand for the word "prescription".

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an abbreviation for prescription.. as in drugs you pick up at a pharmacy.

The symbol that originated in medical prescriptions. "℞" (also written as "Rx") and "medical prescription" are sometimes used interchangeably. The use of ℞ in prescriptions originated as an astrological symbol that was written for talismanic reasons at the start of medical prescriptions. Later it changed into ℞ (an uppercase R with its tail crossed), and was used as an abbreviation for the Latin word recipe = "take" (imperative), i.e. an instruction to the pharmacist to take the items listed in order to prepare the medicine. When printing came, it was rendered as "Rx"

Rx can refer to quite a lot of things, it can mean:

1) medical prescriptions.

2) an abbreviation for "receive" in radio jargon

3) an abbreviation for "tens of Rupees"

4) an abbreviation for a chemical reaction

5) the RPC mechanism used by the Andrew file system

it was an abbrevation for "for you" during the early part of this mellenium.
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dont bother!

Hi,

it is the symbol for "prescription"

take care,

Night Spirit

it means the type of prescription or the number associated with your prescription.

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