detox \detox\ n. 1. the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified; -- often used attributively.
Syn: detox ward. [WordNet 1.5]
2. detoxification. [PJC]
detox \detox\ v. t. to detoxify. [informal] [PJC]
In the detox room, your body goes through some changes," he says, recalling "weird dreams" and the shakes.
His solution: "Send the supervisors to a detox center." Steven Aftergood, an analyst with the Washington-based Federation of American Scientists, disclosed the existence of the classified program, called Timberwind.
When beds open up, it's up to the addicts to get themselves to the hospital for the four- to seven-day detox before coming back to Joint Efforts for counseling.
A dumpy blonde with sandpaper voice and rumpled face, she looks permanently as if she has just emerged from a detox clinic.
After detox, people in need of live-in treatment programs can be placed on waiting lists for as long as six months.
"You need a long detox period of several quarters, but the problem is: `long term' to a retailer is six weeks.