Short form of cyclooxygenase. An enzyme or helper chemical in the cascade of biological reactions leading to the formation of prostaglandins, which cause both pain and inflammation.

Someone who is small and loud when sitting in a boat, but is small and quiet when called to the Race Desk post- carnage.

the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew

act as the coxswain, in a boat race

The steersperson who sits facing the stroke person [nearest rower to the stern] and who issues instructions through a microphone/speaker system. In some case, the cox may lie full-length in the bows of the boat facing forward behind the bows person to improve the weight distribution, particularly in the smaller class of racing boats.