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- terminology - Term for the second letter in Sx, Dx, Rx? - English . . .
It seems plausible that the medical convention of using 'x' as the second letter of an abbreviation (in, for example, Dx (diagnosis), Sx (symptom or surgery), Fx (family), Hx (history), and Tx (transplant or treatment)) comes from copying the convention of using Rx as an abbreviation of prescription Rx is, as Dan Bron observed in his comment, most likely an approximation of the Latin
- Why is x used as an abbreviation for nouns, like Tx for transmit?
The letter " X " has long been used as a place-holder It was once standard for illiterate persons to sign legal documents with an "X" Mathematicians use the letter " x " quite often as a place-holder For example, a mathematician might write, "∀ x, y, z ∈ ℝ, (x = y) ⋏ (y = z) (x = z)" It is standard to use an " x " to mean, "replace the x with some other string of symbols" It is a
- What is the origin of TX as an abbreviation for transaction?
Medicine has a tendency to abbreviate many things using X: Biopsy - Bx, Dx - diagnosis, Fx - fracture, Hx - history, Sx - surgery, and Tx - transplant, transformation, transaction, therapy, treatment (though transaction is not the most common of terms in medicine)
- Take Consider . . . as an example vs Take Consider . . . for example
Your take consider constructions seem like independent clauses (of the imperative variety) As such, common usage would suggest using the colon, dash, or period to mark the boundary between clauses Using a comma creates a comma splice
- Would have had to have been vs would have had to be for past event . . .
Both would have had to have been and would have had to be are pointlessly complex for most contexts Just would have to have been (with the first have pronounced haff) is all you need And even that's only if you need Past Tense - if not, it would hafta be like this
- Replace with versus replace by - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I often see "replace with" and "replace by" used interchangeably, but this doesn't sound right to me: I replaced that component by this one I would use "with" in such a sentence "By" only seems
- Observe vs. Observate [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic
- etymology - Way too + much vs way + too much - English Language . . .
What is its etymology? way too + much way + too much Both as adverbs and determiners
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