Rx or most commonly refers to a
medical prescription
A prescription, often abbreviated or Rx, is a formal communication from physicians or other registered healthcare professionals to a pharmacist, authorizing them to dispense a specific prescription drug for a specific patient. Historicall ...
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RX, Rx, , or rx may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ' or ''Rx'', a novel by
Elizabeth J. Braswell writing as Tracy Lynn
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Rx (band), an industrial rock band
* ''Rx'', a 2016 album by
Ryan Beaver
* ''Rx'', a 2024 album by
Galantis
* "
Rx (Medicate)", a song by Canadian rock band Theory of a Deadman
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"rX" (''The Gifted''), an episode of the television series ''The Gifted''
* ''
Kamen Rider Black RX'', a Japanese superhero television series
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''Rx'' (film), a 2005 romantic thriller film
Science and technology
Computing and electronics
* Rx (receive, receiver or reception), in various
telecommunications
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...
applications
** Rx, the receive signal in the
RS-232
In telecommunications, RS-232 or Recommended Standard 232 is a standard introduced in 1960 for serial communication transmission of data. It formally defines signals connecting between a ''DTE'' (''data terminal equipment'') such as a compu ...
serial communication standard
* Rx, the remote procedure call mechanism used by the
Andrew File System
The Andrew File System (AFS) is a distributed file system which uses a set of trusted servers to present a homogeneous, location-transparent file name space to all the client workstations. It was developed by Carnegie Mellon University as part of ...
* RX, the audio repair software by
iZotope
* Radeon RX series, a series of graphics products in the
AMD Radeon 400 series
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Reactive extensions, originally for .NET, later ported to other languages and environments
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Rx bridge, a device for measuring the characteristic resistance and impedance of antenna or feedline system
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RX meter, a term used in electrical engineering
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RX microcontroller family, by Renesas Electronics
Vehicles
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Lexus RX
The is a Luxury car, luxury crossover SUV sold since 1998 by Lexus, a luxury division of Toyota. Originally released in its home market of Japan in late 1997 as the Toyota Harrier, export sales began in March 1998 as the Lexus RX.
Considered ...
, a series of luxury crossover SUV
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Mazda RX, a series of sport cars
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South Australian Railways R class (Rx class locomotive), of the South Australian Railways
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Yamaha RX 100, a 2-stroke Yamaha motorcycle
Other science and technology
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Retinal homeobox protein Rx, a transcription factor in vertebrate eye development
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Roket Eksperimental, an Indonesian experimental rocket series
Organisations
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Regent Airways (former IATA code: RX), a former Bangladeshi airline
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Riyadh Air (IATA code: RX), a Saudi airline
* RX, formerly Reed Exhibitions, an exhibition company now part of
RELX
RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British Multinational corporation, multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal i ...
Other uses
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Monster RX 93.1, Philippine radio station
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Prescribed burn (Rx burn), in forest management
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Rallycross
Rallycross is a form of sprint style motorsport held on a mixed-surface circuit (racing), racing circuit using modified production touring automobile, cars or prototype racing cars. It began in the 1960s as a cross between rallying and autocross ...
, a motor sport
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Rye, East Sussex
Rye is a town and civil parish in the Rother District, Rother district of East Sussex, England, from the sea at the confluence of three rivers: the River Rother (Eastern), Rother, the River Tillingham, Tillingham and the River Brede, Brede. An ...
(fishing boat registrations: RX), UK
* , a numismatic abbreviation for
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