CTX is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings:

Medical

C-terminal telopeptide The C-terminal telopeptide (CTX), also known as carboxy-terminal collagen crosslinks, is the C-terminal wikt:telopeptide, telopeptide of fibrillar collagens such as collagen type I and Type II collagen, type II. It is used as a biomarker (medicine ...

, a blood serum biomarker that can be measured to assess bone turnover *

Ceftriaxone Ceftriaxone, sold under the brand name Rocephin, is a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. These include middle ear infections, endocarditis, meningitis, pneumonia, bone and joi ...

, an antibiotic *

Cefotaxime Cefotaxime is an antibiotic used to treat several bacterial infections in humans, other animals, and plant tissue culture. Specifically in humans it is used to treat joint infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, meningitis, pneumonia, urin ...

, an antibiotic *

Cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX), also called cerebral cholesterosis, is a rare inborn bile acid metabolism disorder caused by autosomal-recessive mutations in the CYP27A1 gene. CTX is characterized by a wide range of symptoms, including neur ...

, a genetic disorder *

Charybdotoxin Charybdotoxin (ChTX) is a 37 amino acid neurotoxin from the venom of the scorpion '' Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus'' (''deathstalker'') that blocks calcium-activated potassium channels. This blockade causes hyperexcitability of the nervous sys ...

, a toxin found in scorpion venom *

Chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (list of chemotherapeutic agents, chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard chemotherapy re ...

, treatment of cancer with cytotoxic drugs *

Cholera toxin Cholera toxin (also known as choleragen, CTX, CTx and CT) is a potent enterotoxin produced by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae which causes severe watery diarrhea and dehydration that define cholera infections. The toxin is a member of the heat-l ...

, a toxin responsible for the harmful effects of cholera *

Ciguatoxin image:ciguatoxin.svg, 300px, class=skin-invert-image, Chemical structure of the ciguatoxin CTX1B Ciguatoxins are a class of toxic Polycyclic compound, polycyclic polyethers found in fish that cause ciguatera. There are several different chemi ...

, a neurotoxin produced by marine dinoflagellates *

Conotoxin A conotoxin is one of a group of neurotoxic peptides isolated from the venom of the marine cone snail, genus '' Conus''. Conotoxins, which are peptides consisting of 10 to 30 amino acid residues, typically have one or more disulfide bonds. C ...

, a toxin found in cone snail venom * Crotoxin, toxic compound in snake venom *

Cyclophosphamide Cyclophosphamide (CP), also known as cytophosphane among other names, is a medication used as chemotherapy and to suppress the immune system. As chemotherapy it is used to treat lymphoma, multiple myeloma, leukemia, ovarian cancer, breast cancer ...

, an anticancer drug

Technology

Centrex Centrex is a portmanteau of central exchange, a kind of telephone exchange. It provides functions similar to a PBX, but is provisioned with equipment owned by, and located at, the telephone company premises. Centrex service was first install ...

, a telephone service *

Citrix Systems Citrix Systems, Inc. is an American multinational cloud computing and virtualization technology company that provides server, application and desktop virtualization, networking, software as a service (SaaS), and cloud computing technologies. ...

, company best known for desktop virtualization software * Chuntex Electronic, computer display manufacturer based in Taiwan *

CTX (camera) The ''Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter'' (''MRO'') is a spacecraft designed to search for the existence of water on Mars and provide support for missions to Mars, as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. It was launched from Cape Canaveral Space ...

, on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter * CTX (computer virus) * CTX (explosive-detection device) * Collisionless Terrella Experiment, a levitated dipole at Columbia University

Business

Caltex Caltex is a petroleum brand name of Chevron Corporation used in the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, and Southern Africa. Headquartered in Singapore, it is also the brand name of non-Chevron petroleum companies in some countries (such as ...

, where CTX is the stock symbol for Caltex Australia Limited * Critical to X, key factors that are essential for the successful completion of a project or process.

Others

Concordia University Texas Concordia University Texas is a private university in Austin, Texas, United States. The university offers undergraduate, Graduate school, graduate, and online degrees as well as an adult degree program for part-time and returning students. Conc ...

, where 'C' is for Concordia and 'TX' is for Texas * Countdown to Extinction, a thrill ride at Disney's Animal Kingdom, now known as

DINOSAUR Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic Geological period, period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the #Evolutio ...

* CTX, IATA airport code for the city of

Cortland, New York Cortland is a city and the county seat of Cortland County, New York, United States. Known as the Crown City, Cortland is in New York's Southern Tier region. As of 2024, the estimated population of Cortland, New York, is 17,196, reflecting a dec ...

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