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/ˈboʊtɑks/
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/ˈbəʊtɒks/
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Eigenname
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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Eric Andre: You look phenomenal. What's your secret? Asa Akira: Botox. Eric Andre: Really? Asa Akira: Yeah. And I'm starving.
Verb
To inject Botox.
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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.
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!
To be clear, I have no problem with anybody who Botoxes and fills.
[…]I probably Botox twice a year.
Substantiv
a neurotoxin (trade name Botox) that is used clinically in small quantities to treat strabismus and facial spasms and other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contractions; is also used by cosmetic surgeons to smooth frown lines temporarily
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