flox
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /flɔks/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /flɒks/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Homophones: flocks, phlox
Etymology 1[edit]
Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP"
Verb[edit]
flox (third-person singular simple present floxes, present participle floxing, simple past and past participle floxed)
- (molecular biology) To sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP".
See also[edit]
- Floxed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Quinolone antibiotic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for the nickname "floxed" for severe reactions to quinolone antibiotics.
Etymology 2[edit]
Blend of fluorine + liquid oxygen
Noun[edit]
flox (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of Flox
Verb[edit]
flox (third-person singular simple present floxes, present participle floxing, simple past and past participle floxed)
- (astronautics, transitive, dated) To add fluorine to liquid-oxygen rocket fuel.
- 1965, Samuel Glasstone, Sourcebook on the Space Sciences[3], page 94:
- It is to be tried in the so-called floxed Atlas, with the usual kerosene type fuel.
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the genus name, from Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
flox m (plural floxos)
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Further reading[edit]
- “flox” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
flox m (invariable)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
flox m (plural flocși)
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