detoxication

See also: détoxication

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Etymology

de- + toxication

Noun

detoxication (plural detoxications)

  1. (biochemistry) Any metabolic process by which the toxicity of a material is reduced
  2. (medicine) Any treatment of a patient suffering from poisoning that promotes physiological process to reduce the effects

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