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In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wiktionary, the free dictionary See also: hx

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Etymology

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Formed by analogy with Rx, variant of ℞ (“prescription”), abbreviation of Latin recipe (“take”). Compare also Dx (“diagnosis”).

Noun

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Hx (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Abbreviation of history.
   • 1987, American Society for Microbiology, Program and abstracts of the Twenty-Seventh Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy: 4-7 October 1987, page 171:The purpose of this study was to see if U.u. is more commonly found in children ages 1-12 years with a Hx of sexual contact than those without such a Hx.
   • 2005, Michael L. Perlis, Michael T. Smith, Carla Jungquist, Donn Posner, editors, Cognitive behavioral treatment of insomnia: a session-by-session guide, →ISBN, page 126:Of particular importance is that both sleepiness measures (along with a Hx of OSA) suggest that the patient may be at risk, […]
   • 2010, Carlos Ayala, Brad Spellberg, Boards and Wards, fourth edition, page 553:His Hx of imprisonment and homelessness are risk factors for TB, and his bilateral upper lobe infiltrates are in the appropriate location for reactivation TB.

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