Noun: lyophilization lI,ó-fu-lu'zey-shun [N. Amer], lI,ó-fu-lI'zey-shun [Brit]
- 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
"lyophilization is often used to preserve food for camping and emergency supplies";
- freeze-drying, lyophilisation [Brit]
Derived forms: lyophilizations
Type of: dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation, freeze, freezing
Encyclopedia: Lyophilization