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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
cox-2 is a noun meaning "an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever". It carries one recorded sense.
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cox-2 come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.