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Detoxification is the physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism, including, but not limited to, the human body. Detoxification, detoxication or detox may also refer to: ==Medicine and science== * Alcohol detoxification is the medical treatment for alcohol dependence through the abrupt cessation of alcohol intake, often coupled with substitution of cross-tolerant drugs that have effects similar that of alcohol so as to prevent alcohol withdrawal * Drug detoxification is the intervention in a case of physical dependence to a drug; the process and experience of a withdrawal syndrome; and any of various treatments for acute drug overdose * Heavy metal detoxification is the removal of metallic toxic substances from the body * Chelation therapy, a from of heavy metal detoxification, is a medical technique involving the administration of chelating agents to remove heavy metals from the body * Drug metabolism, xenobiotic metabolism or xenobiotic detoxification is the process of metabolising a toxic substance into a less toxic or more easily excreted substance within a biological organism * Environmental remediation, detoxification of environmental pollutants, is the breaking down, removal and/or cleansing of toxic substances form the environment such as after soil or water contamination. * Detoxification (alternative medicine) is the use of diets, fasting, saunas and enemas to assist the body's detoxification 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Detoxification (disambiguation)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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