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botox

Syllables: Bo·tox/ˈbəʊtɒks/US/ˈboʊtɑks/

botox is the alternative letter-case form of Botox.

Proper noun capitalized: Botox

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.
    • 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

Verb capitalized: Botox

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

  1. (intransitive, transitive) 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 Bette”, in Toronto Star
    • 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!2012, Kamini Patel, The Morning After

Synonyms of botox

Forms of botox

Verb
third-person singular presentbotoxes
present participlebotoxing
past participlebotoxed
pastbotoxed
third-person singular presentBotoxes
present participleBotoxing
past participleBotoxed
pastBotoxed
Proper noun
alternative formbotox

Origin of botox

Blend of botulinum + toxin.

Words formed from botox

Phrases with botox

Questions about botox

What does botox mean?
Botox means 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.
What is botox the alternative letter-case form of?
Botox is the alternative letter-case form of Botox.
What part of speech is botox?
Botox can be a proper noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce botox?
Botox is pronounced /ˈboʊtɑks/ (US).

Words near botox in the dictionary

  1. botonée
  2. Botoroaga
  3. botos
  4. botosphere
  5. Botovro
  6. botox
  7. Botox smile
  8. Botox smiles
  9. botoxed
  10. botoxes
  11. botoxing

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