Detox

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Detox

Definition: Detox

Detox

Noun

1. The hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: Detox

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Detox (detoxification) is a form of drug rehabilitation, used to treat alcoholism or other drug addiction. The process involves social, environmental, and physiological changes.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Detox."

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Modern Usage: Detox

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Detox, bossman (Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker; writing credit: Bob Kane; Paul Dini)

Lyrics

Live for liposuction, detox for your rent (Millennium; performing artist: Robbie Williams)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Detox

DomainTitle

Books

  • 7-Day Detox Miracle, Revised 2nd Edition: Revitalize Your Mind and Body with This Safe and Effective Life-Enhancing Program (reference)

  • Detox (reference)

  • Rejuvenate: A 21-Day Natural Detox Plan for Optimal Health (reference)

  • The Detox Book: How to Detoxify Your Body to Improve Your Health, Stop Disease, and Reverse Aging, 2nd Edition (reference)

  • The Detox Plan: For Body, Mind, and Spirit (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Detox

"Detox" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Detox" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%12101,599

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Detox

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

detox

628

thc detox

17

detox diet

295

detox recipe

16

drug detox

212

rapid opiate detox

16

body detox

116

natural detox

16

alcohol detox

86

oxycontin detox

15

detox product

81

super detox program

15

liver detox

72

xanax detox

15

rapid detox

64

detox supplement

14

detox dr dre

43

detox drink

14

herbal detox

39

mercury detox

13

detox center

38

vicodin detox

12

colon detox

32

fasting detox

11

detox kit

28

home detox

11

aqua detox

27

detox diet free

11

detox tea

26

florida detox

10

detox herb

23

detox pill

10

detox program

23

drug test detox

9

cleansing detox

21

rapid detox center

9

super detox

21

detox symptom

9

opiate detox

19

liver detox diet

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Detox

Derivations

Words beginning with "detox": detoxed, detoxes, detoxicant, detoxicants, detoxicate, detoxicated, detoxicates, detoxicating, detoxication, detoxications, detoxification, detoxifications, detoxified, detoxifies, detoxify, detoxifying, detoxing. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Detox"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "detox" (pronounced dē"tÄ'ks)
4-t Ä' k sfeedstocks.
3-Ä' k saftershocks, boombox, boondocks, breadbox, deadlocks, equinox, flintlocks, gearbox, heterodox, hollyhocks, icebox, jukebox, mailbox, matchbox, matchlocks, orthodox, padlocks, paradox, peacocks, roadblocks, saltbox, Sandbox, skybox, smallpox, soapbox, spacewalks, tinderbox, unorthodox.

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Anagrams: Detox

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-o-t-x"

-1 letter: dote, toed.

-2 letters: dex, doe, dot, ode, ted, tod, toe.

-3 letters: de, do, ed, et, ex, od, oe, ox, to.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-o-t-x"
 

+1 letter: dextro, tuxedo.

 

+2 letters: detoxed, detoxes, oxidate, tuxedos.

 

+3 letters: coextend, detoxify, detoxing, dextrose, dextrous, exhorted, exported, extolled, extorted, extrados, nextdoor, outboxed, outfoxed, oxalated, oxidated, oxidates, tetroxid, trioxide, tuxedoed, tuxedoes, videotex.

 

+4 letters: coexerted, coexisted, coextends, coxitides, dexterous, dextroses, endotoxic, endotoxin, exodontia, expeditor, exploited, exposited, exudation, foxhunted, heterodox, outjinxed, overtaxed, oxidative, pentoxide, postfixed, tetroxide, tetroxids, tinderbox, trioxides, videotext.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Detox


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 74 6F 78

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01110100 01101111 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

D e t o x

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 0074 006F 0078

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3871868190

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