detoxification

What does detoxification mean?

detoxification means "a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in detoxification?

detoxification has 6 syllables: de-tox-i-fi-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /dɪˌtɑksɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/.

Is detoxification a common word?

detoxification is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with detoxification?

104 words rhyme with detoxification. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for detoxification come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.