| detoxication | 1. Recovery from the toxic effects of a drug. 2. Removal of the toxic properties from a poison. 3. Metabolic conversion of pharmacologically active principles to pharmacologically less active principles. Synonym: detoxification. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ammonia detoxication | The detoxication of ammonia and ammonium ion by the formation of ammonium salts, specific nitrogen-excretion products, or l-glutamine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| metabolic detoxication, drug | Reduction of pharmacologic activity or toxicity of a drug or other foreign substance by a living system, usually by enzymatic action. It includes those metabolic transformations that make the substance more soluble for faster renal excretion. (12 Dec 1998) |