superscription

superscription /su·per·scrip·tion/ (-skrip´shun) the heading of a prescription, i.e., the symbol ? or the word Recipe, meaning “take.”

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su·per·scrip·tion (spr-skrpshn)

n.

The part of a prescription that bears the Latin word recipe represented by .

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superscription

something written above; the first of four chief parts of a drug prescription, the - prescription sign ('Take thou').