Botox

See also: botox and bótox

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

botulinum toxin

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• botox

Etymology

Blend of botulinum +‎ toxin.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊtɑks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊtɒks/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Bo‧tox

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.
   • 2014, The Eric Andre Show, season 3, episode 1:

     Eric Andre: You look phenomenal. What's your secret?
     Asa Akira: Botox.
     Eric Andre: Really?
     Asa Akira: Yeah. And I'm starving.

Derived terms

• Botox smile

Translations

toxic compound

Chinese: Mandarin: 肉毒桿菌毒素 / 肉毒杆菌毒素 (zh) (ròudúgānjūndúsù), 肉毒桿菌素 / 肉毒杆菌素 (ròudúgānjūnsù), 肉毒毒素 (ròudúdúsù) Dutch: botox (nl) f or m Finnish: botox French: botox (fr) m German: Botox (de) n Greek: μπότοξ (el) n (bótox) Italian: botox (it) m Marathi: बोटॉक्स (boṭŏksa) Polish: botoks m Portuguese: botox (pt) m Russian: бо́токс (ru) m (bótoks), ботулотокси́н (ru) m (botulotoksín) Spanish: bótox (es) m, botox m

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.

See also

• botulin