Usually means: Enzyme involved in inflammation, pain.
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  1. cyclooxygenase: Merriam-Webster
  2. cyclooxygenase: Vocabulary.com
  3. cyclooxygenase: Wordnik
  4. cyclooxygenase: Wiktionary
  5. cyclooxygenase: Dictionary.com
  6. Cyclooxygenase: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  8. cyclooxygenase: FreeDictionary.org
  9. cyclooxygenase: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. cyclooxygenase: Encyclopedia

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  1. cyclooxygenase: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Cyclooxygenase: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. cyclooxygenase: Medical dictionary
  6. Cyclooxygenase: Drug Medical Dictionary

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(Note: See cyclooxygenases as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cyclooxygenase)

noun:  (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.

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