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superscription /su·per·scrip·tion/ (-skrip´shun) the heading of a prescription, i.e., the symbol ℞ or the word Recipe, meaning “take.”
su·per·scrip·tion (spr-skrpshn)
n.
The part of a prescription that bears the Latin word recipe represented by .

superscription [soo″per-skrip´shun]
something written above; the symbol ℞ or prescription sign (“take thou”), which is the first of four chief parts of a drug prescription.

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


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