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Therapeutics > Sorption Detoxification

Preferred term

Sorption Detoxification  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Elimination of toxic or biologically active substances from body fluids by interaction with a sorbent medium. The types of media include absorbents, adsorbents, ion-exchange materials, and complexing agents. Detoxification can be extracorporeal (hemodialysis, hemofiltration, hemoperfusion, plasmapheresis), or occur inside the body (enterosorption, peritoneal dialysis).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Detoxication, Sorption
  • Sorption Detoxication

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