"℞" meaning in English

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Symbol

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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|recipe|pos=second-person singular imperative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">recipiō</i>|t=take this}} Latin recipe (“take this”, second-person singular imperative of recipiō) Head templates: {{head|en|symbol}} ℞
  1. (medicine, pharmacy, Canada, US, Philippines) Prescription. Tags: Canada, Philippines, US Categories (topical): Medicine, Pharmacy
    Sense id: en-℞-en-symbol-TYdeV2gy Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, English symbols, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 21 5 22 Disambiguation of English symbols: 58 12 8 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 19 6 12 14 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 14 4 8 21 1 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine, pharmacy) Take (used to begin a list of ingredients of a compound). Categories (topical): Medicine, Pharmacy
    Sense id: en-℞-en-symbol-BNqzfYE2 Categories (other): Translingual links with manual fragments Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (liturgy) Marks the congregation's response to the versicle. Synonyms: R
    Sense id: en-℞-en-symbol-R8o2KfKh
  4. (astrology) Retrograde. Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-℞-en-symbol-bpMqzrvX Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Rx, r. Related terms: R, r., r, R., ℟ Coordinate_terms:

Alternative forms

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          "text": "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.",
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