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Etymology
An R with a cross-stroke indicating an abbreviation (of recipe, response, retrograde etc). In the case of a prescription, abbreviating Latin recipe (“take this”, second-person singular imperative of recipiō); it is sometimes typeset as, or even interpreted as, a digraph Rx. Compare also Dx (“diagnose, diagnosis”) and Hx (“history”).
Meanings
- (Canada, Philippines, US, qualifier:pharmacy) A prescription.
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(qualifier:pharmacy) Take (used to begin a list of ingredients of a compound).
BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulla caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ℥. j. or ʒ. x. the graines (that is the kernelles) of barbaries. ℈. ß. and with ſugar roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] make a bole.
1583, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Making Bolus”, in The Methode of Phisicke, Conteyning the Causes, Signes, and Cures of Inward Diseases in Mans Body from the Head to the Foote. […], London: […] Thomas Vautroullier […], →OCLC, book VI, page 288:
- Marks the congregation's response to the versicle.
- Retrograde.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ℟ | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Rx | alternative | lexicographic | |
| r. | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Relateds
℟ (abbreviation of words starting with R) · R. (abbreviation of words starting with R) · r. (abbreviation of words starting with R) · R (abbreviation of words starting with R) · r (abbreviation of words starting with R)