detoxification

[ dee-tok-suh-fi-key-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. Biochemistry. the metabolic process by which toxins are changed into less toxic or more readily excretable substances.

  2. the act of detoxifying.

  1. the state of being detoxified.

Origin of detoxification

1
First recorded in 1900–05; detoxi(cate) + -fication
  • Sometimes de·tox·i·ca·tion [dee-tok-suh-key-shuhn] /diˌtɒk səˈkeɪ ʃən/ .

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