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Detoxification is the physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism, including the human body.
Detoxification, detoxication or detox may also refer to:
Medicine and science
edit- Alcohol detoxification, medical treatment for alcohol dependence through the abrupt cessation
- Drug detoxification, any of various treatments for drug abuse or overdose
- Heavy metal detoxification, removal of toxic heavy metals from the body
- Chelation therapy, a form of heavy metal detoxification involving the administration of chelating agents
- Drug metabolism, the process of metabolising and excreting a toxic substance into frp, a biological organism
- Environmental remediation, removal of pollutants from the environment
- Detoxification (alternative medicine), unscientific treatments purported to remove unspecified "toxins" from the body
Technology
edit- Digital detox is a period of time when an individual refrains from using electronic connecting devices such as smartphones and computers.
Popular culture
edit- Detox (Treble Charger album), a 2002 album by Treble Charger
- Detox, a 2020 album by Natalie Pérez
- "Detox" (song), a 2022 song by American rapper Lil Baby
- Detox, an unreleased album by Dr. Dre
- "Detox", a 2008 song by Millencolin
- "Detox", a 1997 song by Strapping Young Lad
- "Detox" (House), a 2005 episode of the medical drama House
- Detox Icunt, an American drag queen
See also
edit- D-Tox, a 2002 American psychological thriller horror film directed by Jim Gillespie and starring Sylvester Stallone.