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LYOPHILISATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 sublimes
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)
