The simple, quick answer--but not the just (or most romantic) one--is that Rx is an abbreviation for the Latin word "recipere" or "recipe," which ability "Take, thou." In the days before manufactured drugs, apothecaries (who be also doctors) would write out a formula for medications. They would mix up and compound ingredients to be paid drugs or remedies.
RX MEANS PRESCRIPTION
DX MEANS DIAGNOSIS
HX MEANS HISTORIC
HX DX MEANS HISTORIC DIAGNOSIS , WHICH IS THE OLDER
DIAGNOSIS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
Alteration of, symbol used in prescriptions, contraction of Latin recipe, singular imperative of recipere, to take.
(From Wikipedia)
Rx can refer to:
* the symbol that originate in medical prescriptions. "" (also written as "Rx") and "medical prescription" are sometimes used interchangeably. The use of within prescriptions originated as an astrological symbol that be written for talismanic reasons at the start of medical prescriptions. Later it changed into (an uppercase R near its tail crossed), and was used as an short way around for the Latin word recipe = "take" (imperative), i.e. an instruction to the pharmacist to take the items scheduled in direct to prepare the medicine. When printing come, it was rendered as "Rx"
prescription
TREATMET
it way presciption
Monday, September 27, 2010
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