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defloxing

defloxing is the present participle and gerund of deflox.

Meaning of deflox

Verb

deflox (third-person singular simple present defloxes, present participle defloxing, simple past and past participle defloxed)

  1. (molecular biology) To remove a DNA sequence from between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP"

Questions about defloxing

What is defloxing the present participle and gerund of?
Defloxing is the present participle and gerund of deflox.

Words near defloxing in the dictionary

  1. deflowerment
  2. deflowerments
  3. deflowers
  4. deflox
  5. defloxed
  6. defloxing
  7. defluent
  8. defluff
  9. defluffed
  10. defluffing
  11. defluffs

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