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by jrumbut 1467 days ago
It should be "script" I believe, short for "prescription".

Scrip is a word, but its meaning is different and it's close to archaic.

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Interesting, why do you perceive that "scrip" cannot be short for "prescription" whereas "script" can be?

FWIW, Wiktionary lists both: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scrip#Etymology_4

People in medicine use "scrip" to mean "prescription" when speaking to others in the field.