Duchenne-smile Definition

noun

A smile involving contraction of both the zygomatic major muscle (which raises the corners of the mouth) and the orbicularis oculi (which raises the cheeks and forms crow's feet around the eyes).

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Origin of Duchenne-smile

  • After the French physician Duchenne de Boulogne (1806-1875).

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