| NOUN | process | lyophilisation, freeze-drying, lyophilization | 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 | freeze-drying, lyophilization | |
| 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 | |
| Verbs | lyophilise | to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing / freezing in a high vacuum |
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