Freeze-drying - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Freeze-drying :  (noun)

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 [syn: lyophilization, lyophilisation]

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