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What is Rx?
by heavenlyblue 1mo ago
What is Rx?
- Dusseldorf 1mo agoPrescription drugs
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- nkurz 1mo agoIt's the odd North American English "abbreviation" for a "prescription medicine". Where a "prescription medicine" is one that cannot be bought directly by a consumer and instead requires a medical professional to prescribe it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_prescription https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_prescription
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- altcognito 1mo agoIt's a standin for "Prescription", but for more details check wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_prescription https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_prescription (used to be Latin for "Recipe", aka, here's how to make this medicine)
- makosdv 1mo agoPrescriptions
- mananaysiempre 1mo agoAn ASCII-friendly way to spell ℞, an R with a crossed right leg, shorthand for the Latin singular imperative recipe! “take (the following)!”, which is the conventional start of a prescription; by extension, something necessitating a prescription to buy.