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flox

/flɒks/US/flɑks/

flox verb: to sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP". Also the alternative letter-case form of Flox.

Verb (1)

flox (third-person singular simple present floxes, present participle floxing, simple past and past participle floxed)

  1. (molecular biology) To sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP".
    • In order to do this, the gene to knock out must first be floxed by homologous recombination.2003, Louis-Marie Houdebine, Animal Transgenesis and Cloning, →ISBN, page 93
    • Technically, the main problems encountered are in floxing the target gene.2007, Curt D. Sigmund, David E. Stec, “Genetic Manipulation of the Renin-Angiotensin System Using Cre-loxP-Recombinase”, in Donna H. Wang, editor, Angiotensin Protocols, →ISBN, page 62

Verb (2)

flox (third-person singular simple present floxes, present participle floxing, simple past and past participle floxed)

  1. (dated, transitive) To add fluorine to liquid-oxygen rocket fuel.
    • It is to be tried in the so-called floxed Atlas, with the usual kerosene type fuel.1965, Samuel Glasstone, Sourcebook on the Space Sciences, page 94

Noun (1) capitalized: FLOX

FLOX (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of fluorouracil, leucovorin and oxaliplatin, a chemotherapy regimen against colon cancer.

Noun (2) capitalized: Flox

Flox (usually uncountable, plural Floxes)

  1. (usually) A mixture of liquid oxygen with some added fluorine, used as a high-energy oxidizer.

Also used as

flox is also the alternative letter-case form of Flox.

Forms of flox

Verb
third-person singular presentfloxes
present participlefloxing
past participlefloxed
pastfloxed
Noun
pluralFloxes

Origin of flox

Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP"

Blend of fluorine + liquid oxygen.

Words formed from flox

Questions about flox

What does flox mean?
Flox means to sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP".
What part of speech is flox?
Flox can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce flox?
Flox is pronounced /flɒks/ (UK).
What is the past tense of flox?
The past tense of flox is floxed.

Words near flox in the dictionary

  1. flowtimes
  2. Flowton
  3. flowtop
  4. flowtops
  5. flowy
  6. flox
  7. flox silk
  8. floxacillin
  9. floxacrine
  10. floxed
  11. floxes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flox (page history and authors); FLOX (page history and authors); Flox (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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