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freeze-drying

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freeze-drying /freeze-dry·ing/ (frēz-dri´ing) a method of tissue preparation in which the tissue specimen is frozen and then dehydrated at low temperature in a high vacuum.
freeze-drying

freeze-drying,
n a method for preparing herbs or glandular extracts in which the material is rapidly frozen to between −40° F and −60° F and then dried under vacuum. This method ensures preservation of biologically active molecules in the extracts.

freeze-drying
1. a method of tissue preparation in which the tissue specimen is frozen and then dehydrated at low temperature in a high vacuum. See also lyophilization.
2. a process of removing water from frozen foods or vaccines. The material must be powdered, sliced or diced and be stored in moisture-proof containers.


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The scientists put this entire structure through freeze-drying to remove the ice.
Freeze-drying removed the ice, and high-temperature sintering then solidified each ceramic-binder layer into a solid plate.
But through a vacuum freeze-drying procedure, the restoration firm was very successful in salvaging the documents, he said.
 
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