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detoxification

[ dee-tok-suh-fi-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. Biochemistry. the metabolic process by which toxins are changed into less toxic or more readily excretable substances.
  2. the act of detoxifying.
  3. the state of being detoxified.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of detoxification1

First recorded in 1900–05; detoxi(cate) + -fication
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First, there would be a detoxification protocol in which poisonous secretions of a frog from the Amazon are dabbed on tiny burn marks on a person’s skin, often inducing nausea and projectile vomiting.

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"The fasting cycles lead to profound metabolic changes, which together act as beneficial detoxification mechanisms and help to combat MASH," says Heikenwälder, summarizing the molecular details.

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Nobody knows how people first cracked the problem, but ancient Amazonians devised a complex, multistep process of detoxification that transforms cassava from inedible to delicious.

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"We believe that the calcium oxalate crystals are a mechanism of detoxification of the plant against the metal," she adds.

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The rounds of tea-washing focused, respectively, on detoxification, rejuvenation and stress relief, nourishment and calming, repairing PH balance and hair loss prevention.

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