Rx
noun/ˌɑːr ˈeks/
/ˌɑːr ˈeks/
(North American English)- an official piece of paper on which a doctor writes the type of medicine you should have, and which enables you to get it from a chemist's (the written abbreviation for a doctor's ‘prescription’)
- a solution to a problem
- There's no Rx for unemployment.
Word Originabbreviation of Latin recipe! ‘take!’
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