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Definition of Detoxication
1. Noun. (biochemistry) Any metabolic process by which the toxicity of a material is reduced ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) Any treatment of a patient suffering from poisoning that promotes physiological process to reduce the effects ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Detoxication
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Medical Definition of Detoxication
1. 1. Recovery from the toxic effects of a drug. 2. Removal of the toxic properties from a poison. 3. Metabolic conversion of pharmacologically active principles to pharmacologically less active principles. Synonym: detoxification. (05 Mar 2000)
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