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View synonyms for freeze-drying

freeze-drying

[ freez-drahy-ing ]

noun

  1. a process for drying heat-sensitive substances, as foods, blood plasma, antibiotics, and the like, by freezing the substance and then subliming the ice or other frozen solvent in a high vacuum.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of freeze-drying1

First recorded in 1940–45

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