detoxification

American  

[dee-tok-suh-fi-key-shuhn] / diˌtɒk sə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

Sometimes detoxication

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.

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Etymology

Origin of detoxification

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

Example Sentences

Laboratory analyses and enzyme tests showed that the fungus uses a two-step detoxification strategy.

From Science Daily

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

From BBC

The broad strokes of natural detoxification are easy to grasp, but the particulars not so much.

From Los Angeles Times

"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.

From Science Daily

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