superscription

superscription
/sooh'peuhr skrip"sheuhn/, n.
1. the act of superscribing.
2. something that is superscribed.
3. an address on a letter, parcel, or the like.
4. Pharm. the symbol (like R with a slash), meaning "take," at the beginning of a prescription.
[1350-1400; ME superscripcioun < LL superscription- (s. of superscriptio) a writing above. See SUPERSCRIPT, -ION]

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