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.
- synonyms: lyophilization, lyophilisation
verb
- Preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum.
- usage: "freeze-dry the strawberries"
- synonyms: freeze-dry
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