CTX is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings:

Medical

  • C-terminal telopeptide, a blood serum biomarker that can be measured to assess bone turnover
  • Ceftriaxone, an antibiotic
  • Cefotaxime, an antibiotic
  • Cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis, a genetic disorder
  • Charybdotoxin, a toxin found in scorpion venom
  • Chemotherapy, treatment of cancer with cytotoxic drugs
  • Cholera toxin, a toxin responsible for the harmful effects of cholera
  • Ciguatoxin, a neurotoxin produced by marine dinoflagellates
  • Conotoxin, a toxin found in cone snail venom
  • Crotoxin, toxic compound in snake venom
  • Cyclophosphamide, an anticancer drug

Technology

  • Centrex, a telephone service
  • Citrix Systems, company best known for desktop virtualization software
  • Chuntex Electronic, computer display manufacturer based in Taiwan
  • CTX (camera), on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
  • CTX (computer virus)
  • CTX (explosive-detection device)
  • Collisionless Terrella Experiment, a levitated dipole at Columbia University

Business

  • Caltex, 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

  • Archaeological context
  • Concordia University Texas, 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
  • CTX, IATA airport code for the city of Cortland, New York, U.S.A.