Meaning

2 senses

  1. To sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP".

  2. (dated, transitive)To add fluorine to liquid-oxygen rocket fuel.

Origin

Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP" Blend of fluorine + liquid oxygen.

Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP"

Blend of fluorine + liquid oxygen.

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Forms

floxes, floxing, floxed, floxed
Base formflox · to flox
3rd person singularfloxes
Present participlefloxing
Past simplefloxed
Past participlefloxed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyflox
he, she, itfloxes

Past simpleLesson

all personsfloxed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave floxed
he, she, ithas floxed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill flox

Word family

2 related words
Relatedlox
Deriveddeflox

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
flowerA1flowerpotfloweryfluB1flubfluctuateC2
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