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freeze-drying
[ freez-drahy-ing ]
noun
- 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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Example Sentences
The process involves blending three main components -- carbon nanotubes, polyvinyl alcohol and carboxymethyl cellulose -- followed by freeze-drying.
From Science Daily
The microbes are also too delicate to survive the freeze-drying process that would make them easier to transport.
From Science Daily
Many of the Inca mummies discovered high on Andean mountaintops were preserved by freeze-drying, too.
From National Geographic
About £8m has already been spent preserving and restoring the timbers, which has included freeze-drying the wood at the Mary Rose museum in Portsmouth.
From BBC
Then how about freeze-drying your body and vibrating it into dust?
From New York Times
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