Dox or DOX may refer to:

Chemistry

Desferrioxamine Deferoxamine (DFOA), also known as desferrioxamine and sold under the brand name Desferal, is a medication that binds iron Iron is a chemical element; it has symbol Fe () and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first tran ...

, a chelating agent used to remove excess iron from the body *

Dissolved oxygen Oxygen saturation (symbol SO2) is a relative measure of the concentration of oxygen that is dissolved or carried in a given medium as a proportion of the maximal concentration that can be dissolved in that medium at the given temperature. It can ...

, a relative measure of the amount of oxygen that is dissolved or carried in a given medium *

Doxorubicin Doxorubicin, sold under the brand name Adriamycin among others, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat cancer. This includes breast cancer, bladder cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphoma, and acute lymphocytic leukemia. It is often used toge ...

, an anthracycline antibiotic used in cancer therapy *

DOx 4-Substituted-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamines (DO''x'') is a chemical class of substituted amphetamine derivatives featuring methoxy groups at the 2- and 5- positions of the phenyl ring, and a substituent such as alkyl or halogen at the 4- positio ...

, 2,5-dimethoxy, 4-substituted amphetamines *

Doxycycline Doxycycline is a Broad-spectrum antibiotic, broad-spectrum antibiotic of the Tetracycline antibiotics, tetracycline class used in the treatment of infections caused by bacteria and certain parasites. It is used to treat pneumonia, bacterial p ...

, a semi-synthetic tetracycline *

Sodium dithionite Sodium dithionite (also known as sodium hydrosulfite) is a white crystalline powder with a sulfurous odor. Although it is stable in dry air, it decomposes in hot water and in acid solutions. Structure left, 220px, Packing of sodium dithionit ...

(D-Ox)

People

Dox (poet) Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandraina (1913–1978), commonly known as Dox, was a Malagasy writer and poet considered one of the most important literary figures in the country's history. He is principally renowned for his poetry and plays, but was a ...

, born Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandrainy (1913–1978), a significant poet from Madagascar * Dox Hendrix (born 1959), U.S. pro-wrestler *

Dox Thrash Dox Thrash (1893–1965) was an African-American artist who was famed as a skilled draftsman, master printmaker, and painter and as the co-inventor of the Carborundum printmaking process.Donnelly, Michell"The Art of Dox Thrash" The Encyclopedia of ...

(1893–1965), African-American artist

People with the surname

* Arthur Wayland Dox, a biologist who popularized

Czapek-Dox medium Czapek medium, also called Czapek's agar (CZA) or Czapek-Dox medium, is a growth medium for propagating fungus, fungi and other organisms in a laboratory. It was named after its inventors, Czech botanist Friedrich Johann Franz Czapek (May 16, 1868 ...

Gerrit L. Dox Gerrit Lansing Dox (December 13, 1784 – August 2, 1847) was an American politician. Early life He was born in Albany, New York, on December 13, 1784, to Pieter Dox and Cathalyntje Lansing. He was baptised on May 20, 178. His brother Myndert M. ...

(1784–1847), an American politician, New York State Treasurer * Myndert M. Dox (1790–1830), an American soldier and government official *

Peter Myndert Dox Peter Myndert Dox (September 11, 1813 – April 2, 1891) was an American politician who served the state of Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1869 and 1873. Early life Dox was born in Geneva, Ontario County, New York on Septemb ...

(1813–1891), an American politician.

Characters

Vril Dox Vril Dox, also known as Brainiac 2, is a fictional character published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Superman'' #167 (February 1964), and was created by Edmond Hamilton, Cary Bates, and Curt Swan. Publication history Vril Dox is the heir ...

, a DC Comics character * Querl Dox, a DC Comics character *

General Dox A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. Mar ...

, a Marvel Comics character * King Dox of Foxville, a fictional character from the 1909 L. Frank Baum book ''

The Road to Oz ''The Road to Oz'' is the fifth book in L. Frank Baum's Oz series. It was originally published on July 10, 1909 and documents the adventures of Dorothy Gale's fourth visit to the Land of Oz. It was followed by ''The Emerald City of Oz'' (1910) ...

Places

* Dox, a white dwarf star named

SDSS J1240+6710 SDSS may refer to: * Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a major multi-filter imaging and spectroscopic redshift survey * Social Democratic Party of Slovakia * Spatial Decision Support System, a GIS based decision aiding system * Independent Democratic Serb ...

which contains a nearly pure oxygen atmosphere *

Dox Formation The Dox Formation, also known as the Dox Sandstone, is a Mesoproterozoic rock formation that outcrops in the eastern Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona. The Dox Formation comprises the bulk of the Unkar Group, the older subdivision of the Gr ...

, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona, USA; a Mesoproterozoic sandstone formation outcrop * DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Holešovice, Prague, Czechia

Other uses

Bussa language Bussa, or Mossiya, is a Cushitic language spoken in the Dirashe special woreda of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region located in southern Ethiopia. The people themselves, numbering 18,000 according to the 2007 census, call t ...

(ISO 639 language code dox), a language found in Ethiopia * Dox, a type of

Warez Warez refers to pirated software and other copyrighted digital media—such as video games, movies, music, and e-books—illegally distributed online, often after bypassing digital rights management (DRM). The term, derived from “software wa ...

Dornier Do X The Dornier Do X was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929. First conceived by Claude Dornier in 1924, planning started in late 1925 and after over 240 ...

, the German aircraft * Direct oximetry *

Canid hybrid Canid hybrids are the result of interbreeding between the species of the subfamily ''Caninae''. Genetic considerations The wolf-like canids are a group of large carnivores that are genetically closely related because they all possess 78 chromos ...

, a supposed hybrid between a fox and a dog *

Doxing Doxing or doxxing is the act of publicly providing personally identifiable information Personal data, also known as personal information or personally identifiable information (PII), is any information related to an identifiable person. The ...

, researching and publishing personally identifiable information about an individual without their consent *

Design of experiments The design of experiments (DOE), also known as experiment design or experimental design, is the design of any task that aims to describe and explain the variation of information under conditions that are hypothesized to reflect the variation. ...