lyophilized
lyophilized is the simple past and past participle of lyophilize.
Meaning of lyophilize
Verb
lyophilize (third-person singular simple present lyophilizes, present participle lyophilizing, simple past and past participle lyophilized)
- 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
Adjective
lyophilized (not comparable)
- Synonym of freeze-dried.
- Cement pastes, with a water-to-cement ratio of 0.5, were prepared by (i) adding ordinary Portland cement (CEM I) to deionized water (control samples) or (ii) mixing CEM I with a lyophilized bacterial agent and then putting those dry ingredients into deionized water (bacteria samples).2024 October 10, Tiana Milović et al., “Enhancing Compressive Strength of Cement by Indigenous Individual and Co-Culture Bacillus Bacteria”, in Materials, volume 17, number 20, →DOI, archived from...
- Synonyms:
- freeze-dried
Synonyms of lyophilized
Questions about lyophilized
- What does lyophilized mean?
- Lyophilized means synonym of freeze-dried.
- What is lyophilized the simple past and past participle of?
- Lyophilized is the simple past and past participle of lyophilize.
- What part of speech is lyophilized?
- Lyophilized is an adjective.
Words near lyophilized in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lyophilized (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.
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