detoxicatev.
/diːˈtɒksɪkeɪt/ transitive. To deprive of poisonous qualities.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > injure by means of poison [verb (transitive)] > remove poisonous qualities
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1867 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 June 11/2 Defecated, detoxicated, and deodorized.
1906 Practitioner Nov. 590 Focalisation of the infection in the liver, with disturbance of its detoxicating mechanism.
1927 Observer 7 Aug. 3 It detoxicates the blood and keeps it clean and free-running.
1964 Economist 14 Mar. 1020/3 A toxic amine, which ordinarily is detoxicated in the liver.
Derivatives
detoxiˈcation n. the action of depriving of poisonous qualities.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > removal of poisonous qualities
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1906 Practitioner Nov. 593 The detoxication of the poisons found in the blood.
1956 Nature 4 Feb. 219/1 Biochemical aspects of mechanisms of detoxication.
1967 New Scientist 16 Nov. 410/1 Resistance mechanisms often involve detoxication—that is, the resistant individuals are able to convert the insecticide into relatively harmless products.
1970 Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 14/1 This is Cocteau's second attempt at detoxication, the first having failed owing to lack of medical knowledge about withdrawal.
deˈtoxicator n. that which detoxicates.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] > detoxicator
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1906 Practitioner Nov. 586 A reducer and detoxicator of toxic substances.
deˌtoxifiˈcation n.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > removal of poisonous qualities
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1905 G. M. Gould Dict. New Med. Terms 213/1 Detoxification, the power of reducing the poisonous properties of a substance.
1956 Nature 25 Feb. 357/2 The conversion of insecticides to harmless metabolites or detoxification.
1963 Guardian 22 Jan. 8/5 You give the impression that detoxification of ordinary coal gas is neither a practical nor an economic proposition.
1971 Daily Tel. 2 Mar. 2/7 People with a serious drink problem may be detained in the ‘detoxification centres’ for 10 days while they receive medical treatment.
deˈtoxify v.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > injure by means of poison [verb (transitive)] > remove poisonous qualities
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detoxify1905
1905 G. M. Gould Dict. New Med. Terms 213/1 Detoxify, to deprive a substance of its poisonous attributes.
1948 W. Pigman Chem. Carbohydrates xi. 509 Many phenols and alcohols when injected into animals are detoxified by conjugation as glucuronides.
1955 Sci. News Let. 9 Apr. 229/3 The vaccine for this is made by detoxifying the toxin, or poison, produced by the diphtheria germs.
1961 New Scientist 7 Sept. 601/1 Many tumours do not have the ability of detoxifying drugs.
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