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detox

de·tox [ d tòks ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. detoxification facility: a medical facility in which alcoholics or drug addicts are detoxified

2. detoxification: the detoxification of an alcoholic or drug addict



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle de·toxed, present participle de·tox·ing, 3rd person present singular de·tox·es)
Definition:
 
medicine 
Same as  detoxify (sense 1)


[Late 20th century. Shortening of detoxification, detoxify]
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