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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