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LYOPHILIZE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they lyophilize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it lyophilizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: lyophilized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: lyophilized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: lyophilizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

To dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuumplay

Synonyms:

lyophilise; lyophilize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "lyophilize" is one way to...):

freeze-dry (preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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)

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