Disintoxicate
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To neutralize the intoxicating effects of
"We all admit an individual, functional power for the elimination of waste products which, as life goes on, is likely to lessen, a stage being reached at which the cells, especially those of the liver, if not of other organs, have diminished or lost their function to disintoxicate certain products of disturbed and lowered metabolism, which retained in the body predispose or cause the clinical symptoms of asthma and hay fever."
- 2 To remove or counter an intoxicating substance from
"We are justified in assuming, therefore, that one of the functions of the suprarenals is to disintoxicate the blood."
- 3 To disenchant; to restore a realistic perspective.
"Our greatest need vis-a-vis China would seem to be somehow to disintoxicate the issue."
Example
More examples"We all admit an individual, functional power for the elimination of waste products which, as life goes on, is likely to lessen, a stage being reached at which the cells, especially those of the liver, if not of other organs, have diminished or lost their function to disintoxicate certain products of disturbed and lowered metabolism, which retained in the body predispose or cause the clinical symptoms of asthma and hay fever."
Etymology
From dis- + intoxicate.
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