Standard Lemma guide
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Flox.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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noun
Acronym of fluorouracil, leucovorin and oxaliplatin, a chemotherapy regimen against colon cancer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
A mixture of liquid oxygen with some added fluorine, used as a high-energy oxidizer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: molecular biology
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verb
To add fluorine to liquid-oxygen rocket fuel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Blend of fluorine + liquid oxygen.
Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP"
