Dx

See also: dx and DX

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of diagnose and diagnosis, formed by analogy with Rx, variant of ℞ (“prescription”), abbreviation of Latin recipe (“take”). Compare also Hx (“history”).

Alternative forms

Noun

Dx

  1. (medicine) Abbreviation of diagnosis.

Verb

Dx (third-person singular simple present Dx's, present participle Dx'ing, simple past and past participle Dx'd or Dx'ed)

  1. (medicine) To diagnose.
    I was Dx'd with ADHD ten years ago.

Etymology 2

Noun

Dx (uncountable)

  1. (programming) Abbreviation of developer experience.

Anagrams

Naro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ᶢǁ/

Letter

Dx (lower case dx)

  1. A letter of the Naro alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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