LYOPHILIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lyophilize mean? 

• LYOPHILIZE (verb)
  The verb LYOPHILIZE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: LYOPHILIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYOPHILIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they lyophilize    ... he / she / it lyophilizes   
Past simple: lyophilized   
Past participle: lyophilized   
-ing form: lyophilizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

lyophilise; lyophilize

Hypernyms (to "lyophilize" is one way to...):

freeze-dry (preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

lyophilization (a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes)

 Context examples 

A lyophilized formulation containing cultures of a low-virulent strain of Streptococcus pyogenes, treated and killed with pencillin G, with potential sclerosing, immunostimulating and antineoplastic activity.

(Picibanil, NCI Thesaurus)

The resulting lyophilized cake maintains its structure and stability over an extended period of time, and is intended for reconstitution prior to administration.

(Cake Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally available, dietary supplement consisting of lyophilized blueberry powder, with antioxidant and potential chemopreventive and chemosensitizing activity.

(Blueberry Powder Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)

A lyophilized preparation of a low-virulence strain (SU) of Streptococcus pyogenes (S. hemolyticus), inactivated by heating with penicillin G. It has been proposed as a noncytotoxic antineoplastic agent because of its immune system-stimulating activity.

(Picibanil, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A solid composed of active ingredient(s), excipients (usually electrolytes and bulking agents), and a solvent system which are lyophilized to yield a compressed solid with uniform ingredient distribution.

(Cake Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)