Usually means: Prescription, especially in medical context.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word rx:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. rx: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Rx, Rx: Merriam-Webster
  3. Rx: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Rx: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. RX, Rx, rx, rX, rX: Wordnik
  6. Rx, rx: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. RX, Rx: Wiktionary
  8. Rx: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Rx: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Rx: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Rx: Dictionary.com
  12. rx: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. RX (rocket family), RX, Rx (Medicate), Rx (band), Rx (film), Rx: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. RX, Rx: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. Rx: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rx: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. RX: Netlingo
  3. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  4. SMS Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. RX: Encyclopedia

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rx: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. RX, Rx: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Rx: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  6. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  7. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  8. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  9. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  10. Rx: Medical dictionary
  11. RX, Rx: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. RX: Acronym Finder
  2. Rx: A Word A Day
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. RX: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. RX: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (RX)

noun:  (medicine, pharmacy) Alternative form of ℞: prescription.
noun:  (uncountable, electronics, telecommunications) Alternative form of rx (“reception”)
noun:  (uncountable, electronics, telecommunications) Abbreviation of reception. [The act of receiving.]
verb:  (electronics, telecommunications) Abbreviation of receive. [(transitive) To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.]
noun:  (motor racing) Abbreviation of rallycross. (a motorsport) [A format of car racing in which drivers race over wild terrain and specially designed roads, meant to simulate a cross-country ride within a purpose-built circuit.]
noun:  (electronics, telecommunications) Abbreviation of receiver. [A person who receives.]

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