detoxification

Sometimes de·tox·i·ca·tion

[dee-tok-suh-fi-key-shuhn]

noun

1. Biochemistry.,  the metabolic process by which toxins are changed into less toxic or more readily excretable substances.

2. the act of detoxifying.

3. the state of being detoxified.

4. detox.

Word History and Origins

Origin of detoxification¹

First recorded in 1900–05; detoxi(cate) + -fication

Example Sentences

That could have included residential rehabilitation, community-based treatment, detoxification, substitute prescriptions or any other treatment recommended by a health professional.

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So when a DIY soil detoxification workshop came up at a local nursery, she jumped on it.

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First, there would be a detoxification protocol in which poisonous secretions of a frog from the Amazon are dabbed on tiny burn marks on a person’s skin, often inducing nausea and projectile vomiting.

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"The fasting cycles lead to profound metabolic changes, which together act as beneficial detoxification mechanisms and help to combat MASH," says Heikenwälder, summarizing the molecular details.

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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.

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