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View synonyms for freeze-drying
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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