freeze-drying (n)
lyophilization (n)
lyophilisation (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 22
def a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure
def material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes
Outgoing links
Hypernym freeze, freezing; dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation
Derivationally related form lyophilisation → lyophilise
Derivationally related form lyophilization → lyophilize
Incoming links
Hyponym dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation; freeze, freezing
Derivationally related form lyophilise → lyophilisation
Derivationally related form lyophilize → lyophilization

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