NOUN
- any of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum; causes muscle paralysis
How To Use botulinum toxin In A Sentence
- Curare, botulinum toxin, and organophosphorus insecticides each interfere with neural transmission.
- Patients presenting with palmar-plantar hidrosis deserve a trial of all conservative treatments including iontophoresis before more aggressive techniques such as botulinum toxin are tried.
- Nevertheless, its potency, relative safety, and the reversibility of its effects have made botulinum toxin an attractive option for some chronic conditions that respond only partially to medical treatment.
- Botulinum toxin induces weakness of striated muscles by inhibiting transmission of alpha motor neurones at the neuromuscular junction.
- When necessary, surgical interventions, such as selective dorsal rhizotomy performed by neurosurgeons and Botulinum toxin injection/motor point block by the physiatrists, can be used to treat problems that result from cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy clinic
- Botox, or botulinum toxin, has had several medical applications, including treating migraine, incontinence and blepharospasm — eye spasms. Times, Sunday Times
- One major issue is that non-clinicians can legally inject botulinum toxin (botox) and dermal fillers. Times, Sunday Times
- In some patients, compensatory sweating can be treated effectively with intradermal botulinum toxin injections.
- When necessary, surgical interventions, such as selective dorsal rhizotomy performed by neurosurgeons and Botulinum toxin injection/motor point block by the physiatrists, can be used to treat problems that result from cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy clinic
- The regime also admitted that it had manufactured 19,180 liters of a biological agent called botulinum toxin. CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2002
