Term: botulinum toxin a: 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
Broader: botulinum toxin: any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum; causes muscle paralysis | Unrelated: lowest common multiple: the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers
Broader: botulinum toxin: any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum; causes muscle paralysis | Unrelated: dulse: coarse edible red seaweed
Broader: botulinum toxin: any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum; causes muscle paralysis | Unrelated: red siskin: South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail
Broader: botulinum toxin: any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum; causes muscle paralysis | Unrelated: golden mean: the middle between extremes
Broader: botulinum toxin: any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum; causes muscle paralysis | Unrelated: heat shield: a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry
Broader: botulinum toxin: any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum; causes muscle paralysis | Unrelated: book: a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
Broader: botulinum toxin: any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum; causes muscle paralysis | Unrelated: bell captain: the supervisor of bellboys in a hotel
Broader: botulinum toxin: any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum; causes muscle paralysis | Unrelated: midazolam: an injectable form of benzodiazepine (trade name Versed) useful for sedation and for reducing pain during uncomfortable medical procedures
Broader: botulinum toxin: any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum; causes muscle paralysis | Unrelated: isotherm: (meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time
Broader: botulinum toxin: any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum; causes muscle paralysis | Unrelated: death adder: venomous Australian snake resembling an adder