Word.ws English Dictionary

lyophilise

lyophilise is the alternative spelling of lyophilize.

Meaning of lyophilize

Verb

lyophilize (third-person singular simple present lyophilizes, present participle lyophilizing, simple past and past participle lyophilized)

  1. Synonym of freeze-dry.
    • 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.1894, United States Department of Agriculture, Crops in Peace and War: The Yearbook of Agriculture, U.S. G.P.O., page 907
    Synonyms:
    freeze-dry

Forms of lyophilise

third-person singular presentlyophilises
present participlelyophilising
past participlelyophilised
pastlyophilised

Questions about lyophilise

What is lyophilise the alternative spelling of?
Lyophilise is the alternative spelling of lyophilize.

Words near lyophilise in the dictionary

  1. lyophilic
  2. lyophilisate
  3. lyophilisates
  4. lyophilisation
  5. lyophilisations
  6. lyophilise
  7. lyophilised
  8. lyophilises
  9. lyophilising
  10. lyophilisome
  11. lyophilisomes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lyophilise (page history and authors); lyophilize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “lyophilise.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/lyophilise. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.