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Definition of Botox
Botox: A highly purified preparation of botulinum toxin A, a toxin
produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Botox is for injection, in very
small amounts, into specific muscles. It acts by blocking the transmission of
nerve impulses to muscles and so paralyzing the muscles. Botox is a brand name that has passed into popular usage as a synonym for Botulinum toxin.
Botox treatment has found a growing number of uses from
easing muscle spasms (as, for example, in spastic cerebral palsy) to its increasingly widespread cosmetic use in flattening wrinkles.
Last Editorial Review: 2/8/2002 6:35:00 AM
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