"lyophilize" meaning in English

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      "form": "lyophilized",
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          "ref": "1894, United States Department of Agriculture, Crops in Peace and War: The Yearbook of Agriculture, U.S. G.P.O., page 907",
          "text": "Lyophilization The process of vacuum-drying substances from the frozen state. The water is sublimated into a trap at low temperature or is absorbed by drying agents. Verb: lyophilize.",
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          "word": "lyophilic"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "freeze-dry",
          "word": "liofilitzar"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "freeze-dry",
          "word": "lyophiliser"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "freeze-dry",
          "word": "liofilizar"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "freeze-dry",
          "word": "lyophilisieren"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "freeze-dry",
          "word": "liofilizzare"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "freeze-dry",
          "word": "liofilizar"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "lyophilize"
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      "form": "lyophilizing",
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      "form": "lyophilized",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "freeze-dry",
      "word": "liofilitzar"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "freeze-dry",
      "word": "lyophiliser"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "freeze-dry",
      "word": "liofilizar"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "freeze-dry",
      "word": "lyophilisieren"
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      "sense": "freeze-dry",
      "word": "liofilizzare"
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      "sense": "freeze-dry",
      "word": "liofilizar"
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