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Noun: lyophilization  lI,ó-fu-lu'zey-shun [N. Amer], lI,ó-fu-lI'zey-shun [Brit]
  1. 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
    - freeze-drying, lyophilisation [Brit]

Derived forms: lyophilizations

Type of: dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation, freeze, freezing

Encyclopedia: Lyophilization

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