"Dx" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dx [alternative]
Etymology: Abbreviation of diagnose or diagnosis, formed by analogy with Rx, variant of ℞ (“prescription”), abbreviation of Latin recipe (“take”). Compare also Hx (“history”). Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en|diagnose,diagnosis}} Abbreviation of diagnose or diagnosis, {{m+|la|recipe|t=take}} Latin recipe (“take”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} Dx
  1. (medicine) Abbreviation of diagnosis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: diagnosis
    Sense id: en-Dx-en-noun-phgq7KuG Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Dx (uncountable)
  1. (programming) Abbreviation of developer experience. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: developer experience
    Sense id: en-Dx-en-noun-P6fAwaqf Categories (other): Programming, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 88 5 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 13 73 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 84 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 91 5 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: Dx's [present, singular, third-person], Dx'ing [participle, present], Dx'd [participle, past], Dx'd [past], Dx'ed [participle, past], Dx'ed [past], dx [alternative]
Etymology: Abbreviation of diagnose or diagnosis, formed by analogy with Rx, variant of ℞ (“prescription”), abbreviation of Latin recipe (“take”). Compare also Hx (“history”). Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en|diagnose,diagnosis}} Abbreviation of diagnose or diagnosis, {{m+|la|recipe|t=take}} Latin recipe (“take”) Head templates: {{en-verb|~'s|~'ing|~'d,~'ed}} Dx (third-person singular simple present Dx's, present participle Dx'ing, simple past and past participle Dx'd or Dx'ed)
  1. (medicine) To diagnose.
    Sense id: en-Dx-en-verb-YAVO8pl- Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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