| 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) |
|---|---|
| detoxification | Treatment designed to free an addict from his drug habit. (18 Nov 1997) |
| detoxification reaction | Reactions taking place generally in the liver or kidney in order to inactivate toxins, either by degradation or else by conjugation of residues to a hydrophilic moiety to promote excretion. (18 Nov 1997) |
| detoxify | To reduce the toxicity of a substance by either making it less harmful or Treating patients suffering from poisoning in such a way as to reduce the probability and/or severity of harmful effects. (09 Oct 1997) |
| detractress | A female detractor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| detrital | <geology> Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| detrition | A wearing away by use or friction. Origin: L. De-tero, pp. -tritus, to rub off (05 Mar 2000) |
| detritivore | Animal that consumes decomposing organic particles, deriving nutrition primarily from microbes on the particles. (09 Oct 1997) |
| detritus | Undissolved organic or inorganic matter resulting from the decomposition of parent material. (09 Oct 1997) |
| detrusor | A muscle that has the action of expelling a substance. Origin: L. Detrudo, to drive away (05 Mar 2000) |
| detrusor compliance | Change in volume of bladder for a given change in pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| detrusor hyperreflexia | detrusor instability |
| detrusor muscle of urinary bladder | The muscular coat of the bladder. Synonym: musculus detrusor urinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| detrusor pressure | That component of intravesical pressure created by the tension (active and passive) exerted by the bladder wall; the transmural pressure across the bladder wall estimated by subtracting abdominal pressure from intravesical pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| detrusor sphincter dyssynergia | A disturbance of the normal relationship between bladder (detrusor) contraction and sphincter relaxation during voluntary or involuntary voiding efforts. (05 Mar 2000) |