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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats