Talk:Rx
Meaning origin[edit]
Where did the meaning Rx come from? — This unsigned comment was added by Cc5502 (talk • contribs) at 11:28, 23 August 2008 (UTC).
It is from an old symbol (like a capital R with a stroke through its diagonal line - I don't know how to type it) that is the first letter of Latin recipe - receive. SemperBlotto 12:48, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Use for "prescribed" (adj.)[edit]
On page iii of the California Air Resources Board's December 2020 Public Comment Draft, Rx is used in the phrase Rx burning, which may suggest that Rx is being used in place of the term prescribed. Supporting this idea is the fact that prescribed burning is a phrase used in other parts of the document and is a common term/collocation. The term/collocation prescription burning can also be found in use, but is significantly less common. —The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 19:31, 8 June 2022 (UTC)