Definition
disintoxicating
adjective
- serving to remove or counteract intoxication; having the effect of reducing the influence of intoxicating substances
Usage: formal; medical context
verb
- present participle of disintoxicate; to remove intoxicating substances from someone or something, or to treat someone for intoxication or addiction
Usage: medical/clinical context; formal
Examples
- The clinic specializes in disintoxicating patients who have struggled with substance abuse.
- Disintoxicating treatments have become more sophisticated over the past decade.
- The medical team began disintoxicating the patient immediately upon admission.
- Disintoxicating agents were administered to counteract the effects of the poison.
- The program focuses on disintoxicating individuals through a combination of therapy and medication.