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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 ...

. RX, Rx, , or rx may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ' or ''Rx'', a novel by Elizabeth J. Braswell writing as Tracy Lynn *

Rx (band) or Rx was a one-off side project by Skinny Puppy band member Nivek Ogre, in collaboration with Invisible Records founder Martin Atkins. The project was originally called Ritalin, but the name was changed for legal reasons. Rx released an album ...

, an industrial rock band * ''Rx'', a 2016 album by Ryan Beaver * ''Rx'', a 2024 album by

Galantis Galantis is a Swedish electronic music act consisting of producer Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson. Formerly, they were a duo, alongside rising musician Style of Eye, until he decided to part ways with the project shortly after their second albu ...

* "

Rx (Medicate) "Rx (Medicate)" is a song performed by Canadian rock band Theory of a Deadman, a track on their sixth studio album, '' Wake Up Call'' (2017). The song's lyrics were co-written by all four members of the band and address the prescription drug ab ...

", a song by Canadian rock band Theory of a Deadman * "rX" (''The Gifted''), an episode of the television series ''The Gifted'' * ''

Kamen Rider Black RX is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series produced as part of the ''Kamen Rider'' series. The ninth show in the franchise, it was produced by Toei Company, and aired on the MBS TV, MBS, TBS Television (Japan), TBS and other Japan News ...

'', a Japanese superhero television series * ''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 iZotope, Inc. is an audio technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. iZotope develops professional audio software for audio recording, mixing, broadcast, sound design, and mastering which can ...

* Radeon RX series, a series of graphics products in the AMD Radeon 400 series * Reactive extensions, originally for .NET, later ported to other languages and environments * Rx bridge, a device for measuring the characteristic resistance and impedance of antenna or feedline system * RX meter, a term used in electrical engineering *

RX microcontroller family is a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo. The name "Renesas" is a contraction of "Renaissance Semiconductor for Advanced Solutions." The company was established in 2002 as Renesas Technology through the merger of the semi ...

, by Renesas Electronics

Vehicles

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 *

Mazda RX is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan. The company was founded on January 30, 1920, as Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd., a cork-making factory, by Jujiro Matsuda. The company then acquired Ab ...

, a series of sport cars * South Australian Railways R class (Rx class locomotive), of the South Australian Railways *

Yamaha RX 100 The Yamaha RX 100 was a Two-stroke engine, two-stroke motorcycle made by Yamaha Motor Company, Yamaha from 1985 to 1996 with technical collaboration and distributed in India by the Escorts Group. At the initial stage, Yamaha Japan was exporting a ...

, a 2-stroke Yamaha motorcycle

Other science and technology

Retinal homeobox protein Rx Retinal homeobox protein Rx also known as retina and anterior neural fold homeobox is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAX gene. The RAX gene is located on chromosome 18 in humans, mice, and rats. Function This gene encodes a homeob ...

, a transcription factor in vertebrate eye development *

Roket Eksperimental The RX rocket family (''Roket Eksperimental'', ) is a series of solid-fuel rockets developed by the Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN). They are simply named by their diameter in millimeters; for example, the RX-250 h ...

, an Indonesian experimental rocket series

Organisations

Regent Airways Regent Airways () was a Bangladeshi airline owned by HG Aviation Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Habib Group. It is based at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Since March 2020, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the airline suspended its opera ...

(former IATA code: RX), a former Bangladeshi airline *

Riyadh Air Riyadh Air is the second flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, after Saudia, based in Riyadh. The airline's main airline hub, hub will be at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, and will be aimed at the world market, operating domestic and intern ...

(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

Monster RX 93.1 DWRX (93.1 FM broadcasting, FM), broadcasting as Monster RX 93.1, is a radio station owned and operated by Audiovisual Communicators, Audiovisual Communicators, Inc. It serves as the flagship station of Monster Radio. The station's studio and t ...

, Philippine radio station *

Prescribed burn A controlled burn or prescribed burn (Rx burn) is the practice of intentionally setting a fire to change the assemblage of vegetation and decaying material in a landscape. The purpose could be for forest management, ecological restoration, ...

(Rx burn), in forest management *

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 *

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 reverse {{Disambiguation