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detoxication

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 T AA2 K S AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English toxication English detoxication From de- + toxication.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: destoxicació — process
  • Finnish: detoksikaatio — process
  • French: détoxication — process
  • French: détoxification — process
  • Hungarian: méregtelenítés — process
  • Catalan: destoxicació — treatment
  • Finnish: detoksikaatio — treatment
  • French: détoxication — treatment
  • Hungarian: elvonókúra — treatment
  • Polish: detoksykacja — treatment
  • Polish: detoks — treatment