lyophilize
verb
1 lyophilize
To dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum.
synonym: lyophilise.
Roget 670:
preserve,
maintain,
keep,
sustain,
support,
hold;
keep up,
keep alive;
refrigerate,
keep on ice;
not willingly let die;
bank up;
nurse;
save,
rescue;
be safe,
make safe
etc.
664;
take care of
etc.
(care)
459;
guard
etc.
(defend)
717.
stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]
[Bacon];
hold one's own;
hold one's ground,
stand one's ground
etc.
(resist)
719.
embalm,
cure,
salt,
pickle,
season,
kyanize†,
bottle,
pot,
tin,
can;
sterilize,
pasteurize,
radiate;
dry,
lyophilize [Chem],
freeze-dry,
concentrate,
evaporate;
freeze,
quick-freeze,
deep-freeze;
husband
etc.
(store)
636.
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lyophilizer
noun
Roget 340:
dryness
etc.
adj.;
siccity†,
aridity,
drought,
ebb tide,
low water.
exsiccation†,
desiccation;
arefaction†,
dephlegmation†,
drainage;
drier.
[chemical subs. which renders dry]
desiccative,
dessicator.
[device to render dry]
dessicator;
hair drier,
clothes drier,
gas drier,
electric drier;
vacuum oven,
drying oven,
kiln;
lyophilizer.
clothesline.
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