Botox

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.

Proper noun

  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.
    • Eric Andre: You look phenomenal. What's your secret? Asa Akira: Botox. Eric Andre: Really? Asa Akira: Yeah. And I'm starving. - 2014, The Eric Andre Show, season 3, episode 1:

    Synonyms: tox

Origin

Blend of botulinum + toxin.

Forms

botox

Derived

Botox smile

Verb

  1. To inject Botox.
    • 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. - 2009 January 24, Richard Ouzounian, “A winning...
    • 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...
    • To be clear, I have no problem with anybody who Botoxes and fills. - 2015, Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella, Truly Funny Stories, Volume 2:

Forms

Botoxes Botoxing Botoxed botox

Related

botulin