detoxification
Americannoun
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detoxifications
plural
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Biochemistry. the metabolic process by which toxins are changed into less toxic or more readily excretable substances.
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the act of detoxifying.
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the state of being detoxified.
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Etymology
Origin of detoxification
First recorded in 1900–05; detoxi(cate) + -fication
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So when a DIY soil detoxification workshop came up at a local nursery, she jumped on it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025
Nobody knows how people first cracked the problem, but ancient Amazonians devised a complex, multistep process of detoxification that transforms cassava from inedible to delicious.
From Salon ● May 6, 2024
"We believe that the calcium oxalate crystals are a mechanism of detoxification of the plant against the metal," she adds.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
But in a kambo ceremony, humans use it to trigger an intense so-called detoxification process.
From BBC ● May 10, 2023
The detoxification is accomplished by one of the enzymes of the liver.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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