detoxication

See also: détoxication

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ toxication.

Noun

detoxication (plural detoxications)

1. (biochemistry) Any metabolic process by which the toxicity of a material is reduced
2. (medicine) Any treatment of a patient suffering from poisoning that promotes physiological process to reduce the effects

Derived terms

• autodetoxication

Translations

process

• Finnish: detoksikaatio
• French: détoxication (fr) f
• Hungarian: méregtelenítés (hu)

treatment

• Finnish: detoksikaatio
• French: détoxication (fr) f
• Hungarian: elvonókúra (hu)
• Polish: detoksykacja (pl) f, detoks m

See also

• detoxification