Detoxification definition

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  detoxification \detoxification\ n.
     1. a medically supervised treatment for addiction to drugs or
        alcohol intended to rid the body of the addictive
        substances.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. treatment for poisoning by counteracting its toxic
        properties.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. conversion (of a poisonous substance) to a non-toxic or
        harmless state.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  detoxification
       n 1: a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to
            remove the physiological effects of the addictive
            substances
       2: treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties
          (normally a function of the liver)

















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