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detoxication

noun

Etymology

From de- + toxication.

  1. derived from τοξικόν
  2. derived from toxicum
  3. derived from toxicus
  4. borrowed from toxique
  5. suffixed as toxication — “toxic + ation”
  6. prefixed as detoxication — “de + toxication”

Definitions

  1. Any metabolic process by which the toxicity of a material is reduced

  2. Any treatment of a patient suffering from poisoning that promotes physiological process…

    Any treatment of a patient suffering from poisoning that promotes physiological process to reduce the effects

The neighborhood

Derived

autodetoxication

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for detoxication. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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