Search Result for "cyclooxygenase-2": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever;
- Example: "the beneficial effects of NSAIDs result from their ability to block Cox-2"
[syn: cyclooxygenase-2, Cox-2]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cyclooxygenase-2
    n 1: an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation
         and pain and fever; "the beneficial effects of NSAIDs
         result from their ability to block Cox-2" [syn:
         cyclooxygenase-2, Cox-2]