Associations to the word «Detoxification»

Wiktionary

DETOXIFICATION, noun. The process of removing toxins.
DETOXIFICATION UNIT, noun. A department in a hospital or a rehab used for detoxification of new patients.

Dictionary definition

DETOXIFICATION, noun. A treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances.
DETOXIFICATION, noun. Treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca