| freeze-drying 
 
 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
 • Syn:
 lyophilization, lyophilisation
 • Derivationally related forms:
 lyophilise (for: lyophilisation), lyophilize (for: lyophilization)
 • Hypernyms:
 freeze, freezing, dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation
 
 
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