Freeze-drying

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of dehydration by sublimation for preservation or convenience; the removal of moisture from a frozen material using vacuum. uncountable
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of freeze-dry form-of, gerund, participle, present

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lyophilizationcanningcryodesiccationcuringdehydrationdrying

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"To avoid freeze-drying my fingers, I yank them out, while Ms. Walters adds liquid nitrogen to the tank. Out billow clouds of chilly white fog."

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