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, lyophilisation |
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Broader | dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation | The process of extracting moisture |
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freeze, freezing | The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid / liquid to a solid |
Spanish | liofilización |
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Catalan | liofilització |
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Verbs | lyophilize | to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing / freezing in a high vacuum |
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