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flox | flax |

As an acronym flox

is (medicine) fluorouracil, leucovorin and oxaliplatin when used as a chemotherapy regimen against colon cancer.

As a noun flax is

a plant of the genus linum , especially , which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.

flox

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP"

Verb

(es)
  • (molecular biology) To sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP"
  • * {{quote-book, 2003, Louis-Marie Houdebine, Animal Transgenesis and Cloning citation
    • , passage=In order to do this, the gene to knock out must first be floxed by homologous recombination.}}
  • * {{quote-book, 2007, Curt D. Sigmund & David E. Stec, Angiotensin Protocols, chapter=Genetic Manipulation of the Renin-Angiotensin System Using Cre-loxP-Recombinase, editor=Donna H. Wang citation
    • , passage= Technically, the main problems encountered are in floxing the target gene.}}
    See also
    * (Floxed)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (FLOX)

    • Verb

    (es)
  • (astronautics, dated) To add fluorine to liquid-oxygen rocket fuel
  • * {{quote-book, 1965, Samuel Glasstone, Sourcebook on the Space Sciences citation
    • , passage= It is to be tried in the so-called floxed Atlas, with the usual kerosene type fuel.}}

    See also

    * lox * (FLOX) ----

    flax

    English

    (wikipedia flax) (Linum)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A plant of the genus Linum , especially , which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.
  • The fibers of Linum usitatissimum , grown to make linen and related textiles.
  • The (flax bush), a plant of the genus , native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.

    • Usage notes

    The plural flaxes is used to indicate multiple species or varieties of flax; otherwise, flax is uncountable.

    Derived terms

    * flaxen * New Zealand flax

    See also

    * linen * tow

    References

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