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Noun: lyophilisation
Usage: Brit (=lyophilization)
  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, lyophilization

See also: lyophilise [Brit]

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

Encyclopedia: Lyophilisation