detoxifications

Removing harmful substances

Detoxifications is the plural of detoxification, the process of removing toxic substances from a system.

In medicine, it refers to supervised withdrawal from addictive substances: The clinic offers detoxifications for alcohol and opioid dependence.

The word also applies to bodily cleansing regimens—juice cleanses and similar wellness practices marketed as ways to purge accumulated toxins.

medical

rehabilitation

Recovery from injury/addiction

recovery · treatment · liver · kidneys · metabolism · flushing · elimination · purging · medical supervision · inpatient

environmental

remediation

Act of correcting faults

hazmat · heavy metals · groundwater · chelation · filtration · contamination · environmental restoration · leaching

wellness

cleanses

Frees from dirt

saunas · sweating · purification · holistic · ayurvedic · naturopathic · herbal · antioxidants · smoothies · activated charcoal

digital

unplugging

Removing from power source

mindfulness · boundaries

Opposites
purity/contamination

detoxificationscontaminations

Introductions of impurities

pollutions · poisonings · intoxications · adulterations · tainting

health intervention

detoxificationspoisonings

Administrations of lethal substances

intoxications · substance abuse · exposures · overdoses · ingestions

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