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Nov 29, 2009
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freeze-dry•ing



Pronunciation: (frēz'drī'ing), [key]
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.

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