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Cyclooxygenase

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Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin wordnet

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