noun
a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes
• Syn: ↑freeze-drying, ↑lyophilization
• Derivationally related forms: ↑lyophilise, ↑lyophilize (for: ↑lyophilization)
• Hypernyms: ↑freeze, ↑freezing, ↑dehydration, ↑desiccation, ↑drying up, ↑evaporation
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lyophilizāˈtion or lyophilisāˈtion noun
Freeze-drying
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Main Entry: ↑lyophil
Useful english dictionary. 2012.