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detoxification

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

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noun

Biochemistry. the metabolic process by which toxins are changed into less toxic or more readily excretable substances.
the act of detoxifying.
the state of being detoxified.
detox ( def 7 ).

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

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