Botox

[ boh-toks ]

/ ˈboʊ tɒks /

Trademark.

a purified form of botulinum, a neurotoxin causing botulism, injected in minute amounts especially to treat muscle spasms and relax facial muscles in order to reduce wrinkles.

Origin of Botox

1980–85; blend of bo(tulinus) or bo(tulin) and tox(in)

Example sentences from the Web for botox

I have Botox and Restylane once every few months by the best doctor in New York, Pat Wexler.

Joan Rivers: 'Death Is Like Plastic Surgery' |Tim Teeman |September 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Maybe you think Botox is no big deal—a quick lunchtime jab to freshen up the face?

Nicole Kidman Botox Insanity: Why All Women Lose Out When We Obsess Over Stars’ Faces |Emma Woolf |May 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Practitioners recommend that Botox should start as early as our 20s so that wrinkles do not have the chance to form.

Nicole Kidman Botox Insanity: Why All Women Lose Out When We Obsess Over Stars’ Faces |Emma Woolf |May 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The owner of the spa where Gwyneth reportedly gets venomized says she uses this stuff instead of Botox.

We Were Gwyneth’s GOOP Guinea Pigs |Erin Cunningham, Olivia Nuzzi |March 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Still, Botox injections and facelifts are a double-edged sword.

Should We Give Kim Novak a Break on the Oscar Plastic Surgery Hate-Tweeting? |Lizzie Crocker |March 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for botox

Botox

/ (ˈbəʊtɒks) /

noun

trademark a preparation of botulinum toxin used to treat muscle spasm and to remove wrinkles

Word Origin for Botox

C20: from bot(ulinum) (t)ox(in)

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