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Definition: Cyclooxygenase |
CyclooxygenaseNoun1. Either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | Enzyme which is central to the production of prostaglandins at sites of inflammation. Source: European Union. (references) |
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There are two isoenzymes, cyclooxygenase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2. Novel group of NSAIDs targets specifically cyclooxygenase-2 in this way avoiding a lot of side-effects that non-specific NSAIDS typically have.
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Synonym: CyclooxygenaseSynonym: Cox (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cyclooxygenase |
| Specialty definitions using "cyclooxygenase": BW-755C ♦ Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors ♦ Iloprost ♦ Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid ♦ Prostaglandin D2, Prostaglandins ♦ Thromboxanes. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Many scientists think that when the inflammatory process begins in the brain, it sets off a vicious cycle that includes the activation of microglia, interleukins (IL), cyclooxygenase (COX), complement, cytokines, and amyloid deposition. (references) | |
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| "Cyclooxygenase" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cyclooxygenase" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
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Expression using "cyclooxygenase": Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cyclooxygenase": cyclooxygenase-1, cyclooxygenase-2. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cyclooxygenase | 10 |
1 cancer cyclooxygenase | 5 |
2 celebrex coxibs cyclooxygenase vioxx | 5 |
cancer cyclooxygenase expression | 4 |
cyclooxygenase pathway | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "cyclooxygenase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | cyclo-oxygénase, COX. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | yclooxygenasecay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-g-l-n-o-o-s-x-y-y" | |
-4 letters: synecology. | |
-5 letters: aglycones. | |
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