lyophilize

American

[lahy-of-uh-lahyz] / laɪˈɒf əˌlaɪz /

especially British, lyophilise

verb (used with object)

Biochemistry.

lyophilized, lyophilizing

(of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.

lyophilize British

/ laɪˈɒfɪˌlaɪz /

verb

(tr) to dry (blood, serum, tissue, etc) by freezing in a high vacuum; freeze dry

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Other Word Forms

lyophilization noun

Etymology

Origin of lyophilize

First recorded in 1935–40; lyophil(ic) + -ize

Example Sentences

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In total, 84 fractions were collected, concatenated, and combined55 into a total of 12 fractions and lyophilized by vacuum centrifugation.

From Nature

Peptides were lyophilized and stored at −80 °C until LC–MS/MS analysis.

From Nature

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