NOUN | process | freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation | a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure |
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Meaning | A method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed / warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes. | |
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Synonyms | lyophilization, lyophilisation | |
Broader | dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation | The process of extracting moisture |
freeze, freezing | The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid / liquid to a solid | |
Spanish | liofilización | |
Catalan | liofilització |
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