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LYOPHILISATION

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 I. (noun) 

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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 in a vacuum so that the ice sublimesplay

Synonyms:

freeze-drying; lyophilisation; lyophilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("lyophilisation" is a kind of...):

dehydration; desiccation; drying up; evaporation (the process of extracting moisture)

freeze; freezing (the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid)

Derivation:

lyophilise (to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum)

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