flox

See also: Flox and FLOX

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /flɔks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /flɒks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophones: flocks, phlox

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP"

Verb

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".
   • 2003, Louis-Marie Houdebine, Animal Transgenesis and Cloning‎, →ISBN, page 93:

     In order to do this, the gene to knock out must first be floxed by homologous recombination.

   • 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:

     Technically, the main problems encountered are in floxing the target gene.

Derived terms

• deflox

See also

• Floxed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Quinolone antibiotic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for the nickname "floxed" for severe reactions to quinolone antibiotics.

Etymology 2

Blend of fluorine +‎ liquid oxygen.

Noun

flox (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Flox.

Verb

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

1. (astronautics, transitive, dated) To add fluorine to liquid-oxygen rocket fuel.
   • 1965, Samuel Glasstone, Sourcebook on the Space Sciences‎, page 94:

     It is to be tried in the so-called floxed Atlas, with the usual kerosene type fuel.

See also

• lox
• FLOX on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• flox silk

Anagrams

• folx

Catalan

Etymology

From the genus name, from Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

flox m (plural floxos)

1. phlox

Derived terms

• flox de jardí

Related terms

• flogist

Further reading

• “flox”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Noun

flox m (invariable)

1. phlox

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French phlox.

Noun

flox m (plural flocși)

1. phlox

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	flox	floxul		flocși	flocșii
genitive-dative	flox	floxului		flocși	flocșilor
vocative	floxule			flocșilor