"deflox" meaning in All languages combined

See deflox on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: defloxes [present, singular, third-person], defloxing [participle, present], defloxed [participle, past], defloxed [past]
Etymology: de- + flox Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|flox}} de- + flox Head templates: {{en-verb}} deflox (third-person singular simple present defloxes, present participle defloxing, simple past and past participle defloxed)
  1. (molecular biology) To remove a DNA sequence from between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP" Categories (topical): Molecular biology
    Sense id: en-deflox-en-verb-Zbk8XHJb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

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