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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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Named after the French physician Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne (1806–1875) who identified it.
