FREEZE-DRYING


Meaning of FREEZE-DRYING in English

/freez"druy"ing/ , n.

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.

[ 1940-45 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .