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☆ Bo·tox (bō′täks′)

a type of purified botulin neurotoxin used in medicine as a muscle relaxant and often injected into facial muscles for cosmetic purposes, as to smooth wrinkles

Etymology: bo(tulinum) tox(in) < ModL botulinum, species name < botulinus, former species name < L botulus, sausage: see botulism

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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