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Main Entry: Rx

Posted by Bill Rodgers on August 25, 2000

In Reply to: Main Entry: Rx posted by Bruce Kahl on August 24, 2000

: : This is not exactly a phrase but a symbol.
: : The pharmaceutical symbol Rx or is it Px?

: Main Entry: Rx
: Pronunciation: "är-'eks
: Function: noun
: Etymology: alteration of , symbol used at the beginning of a prescription, abbreviation for Latin recipe, literally, take -- more at RECIPE
: Latin, take, imperative of recipere to take, receive --
: Date: 1926
: : a medical prescription

Pretentious lot, these medical men.

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