ly•oph•i•li•za•tion
We found 2 definitions of lyophilization from 2 different sources.
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lyophilization - a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes | ||
freeze-drying, lyophilisation | ||
freezing, freeze fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring" | ||
drying up, desiccation, evaporation, dehydration the process of extracting moisture |