FREEZE-DRYING - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

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

Categories: Dehydration, Desiccation, Drying up, Evaporation, Freeze, Freezing

Synonyms

Lyophilization, Freeze-drying, Lyophilisation, Freeze-dry