Botox

[ boh-toks ]

/ ˈboʊ tɒks /

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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.

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Origin of Botox

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

Words nearby Botox

bothy ballad, Botkin, botnet, boto, botonée, Botox, bo tree, botryoidal, botryomycosis, botryose, botrytis

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How to use Botox in a sentence

While Botox received FDA approval to fight existing wrinkles in 2002, experts say preventive injections are a more recent trend, fueled in part by influencers on social media and advertisements targeting younger people.
Why young people are using preventive Botox, and what they need to know|Allyson Chiu|May 6, 2021|Washington Post
But as consumers grew up, Abercrombie—much like its Botox-addicted CEO—refused to age with them.
Abercrombie & Ditch: The Fall of the House of Tween|Lizzie Crocker|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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

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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