cox
IPA: kˈɑks
noun
- A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.
- An English surname from Middle English for either son of, or servant of someone named Cocke or Cook.
- An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Florida, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
- A commune in Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France; the name comes from Occitan.
- A municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencia, Spain.
- Acronym of cyclooxygenase. [(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze a cyclooxygenation reaction, but especially the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins (prostanoids); their inhibition is the mode of action of the NSAIDs aspirin and ibuprofen.]
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To act as coxswain for.
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Examples of "cox" in Sentences
- I saw this movie a few weeks ago, mostly because dr. cox is in it.
- The cox is the person who faces forward, when all the rowers are seated backward.
- It is thought to inhibit an enzyme called cox-2 which is also the target of anti-inflammatory drugs.
- And a decision on labeling for arthritis medicines called cox-2 inhibitors is now under consideration by the FDA.
- Others include painkillers known as cox-2 inhibitors, as well as beta-blockers that are used frequently to treat high blood pressure and heart problems.
- Aspirin is an inhibitor of a lot of these inflammations, specifically something known as cox-2 (ph), which a lot of these medications target, aspirin does as well.
- The reason this is happening is that -- look, these ads have been really controversial, particularly when it comes to the painkillers called cox-2 inhibitors, which were later shown to be linked to cardiac problems.
- In the new research, published in the journal, Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, patients were taking either a high dose of lumiracoxib, a type of drug known as a cox-2 inhibitor, high dose of ibuprofen or naproxen, which are both non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs known as NSAIDs.
- I was two stone lighter than the then coxswain ( "cox") and interchanged us, and thereafter my destiny was fixed; I eventually rose to be cox of the first eight, and while I did not exactly steer them to victory (in fact, in the year of my coxswainship we did, formally, just about as badly as it is possible to do!), I nevertheless feel we put up a good fight.
- Wictory and Prince Allbut to come and Pick a bit with you, becos There is nothink for them wen they comes, and the Kitchin-range is chok'd up with the sut as has falln down the last fore yeers, and no poletry but too old cox, which is two tuff to be agreerble; But, praps, we Can git sum cold meet from the in, wot as bin left at the farmers 'markut-dinner; and may I ask you my lord without fear of your
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