Botox

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See also: botox and bótox

English

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Etymology

Blend of botulinum +‎ toxin.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Botox

  1. A toxic compound (generic name botulinum toxin type A) produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, that causes the paralysis of muscles, used in cosmetic surgery to conceal wrinkles and for muscle spasm relief and headache prevention.

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Verb

Botox (third-person singular simple present Botoxes, present participle Botoxing, simple past and past participle Botoxed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To inject Botox.
    • 2009 January 24, Richard Ouzounian, “A winning Bette”, in Toronto Star‎:
      The heavily Botoxed, stylishly black-clad, elegantly blinged women who organized this evening may not want to imitate Bette's style, but they certainly love her sass.
    • 2012, Kamini Patel, The Morning After:
      His thirty year younger wife, Monica, has apparently graduated with a magna cum laude honors degree from an Ivy League, but obviously lost it somewhere down the line when she visited her plastic surgeon; double D silicones and Botoxed face!
    • 2015, Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella, Truly Funny Stories, Volume 2‎:
      To be clear, I have no problem with anybody who Botoxes and fills.
    • 2025 May 17, Henry Mance, quoting Trinny Woodall, “Lunch with the FT: Trinny Woodall”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
      I probably Botox twice a year.

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