HyperDic: lyophilization

English > 1 sense of the word lyophilization:
NOUNprocesslyophilization, freeze-drying, lyophilisationa method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure
English > lyophilization: 1 sense > noun 1, process
MeaningA 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.
Synonymsfreeze-drying, lyophilisation
Broaderdehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporationThe process of extracting moisture
freeze, freezingThe withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid / liquid to a solid
Spanishliofilización
Catalanliofilització
Verbslyophilizeto dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing / freezing in a high vacuum

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