What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Flox vs Floc - What's the difference?

flox | floc |

As an acronym flox

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

As a noun floc is

an alternative word for floccule a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed floc may be mineral as for clay, chemical as in water treatment or biological as in sewage treatment.

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) ----

    floc

    English

    Alternative forms

    * flocc

    Noun

  • An alternative word for floccule. A soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed. Floc may be mineral as for clay, chemical as in water treatment or biological as in sewage treatment.

    • Anagrams

    * ----