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LYOPHILIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they lyophilize ... he / she / it lyophilizes
Past simple: lyophilized
Past participle: lyophilized
-ing form: lyophilizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
To dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum
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)
