lyophilize

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ly·oph·i·lize

 (lī-ŏf′ə-līz′)
tr.v. ly·oph·i·lized, ly·oph·i·liz·ing, ly·oph·i·liz·es
To freeze-dry (blood plasma or other biological substances).


ly·oph′i·li·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
ly·oph′i·liz′er n.
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lyophilize

(laɪˈɒfɪˌlaɪz) or

lyophilise

vb
(Medicine) (tr) to dry (blood, serum, tissue, etc) by freezing in a high vacuum; freeze dry
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lyophilize


Past participle: lyophilized
Gerund: lyophilizing

Imperative
lyophilize
lyophilize
Present
I lyophilize
you lyophilize
he/she/it lyophilizes
we lyophilize
you lyophilize
they lyophilize
Preterite
I lyophilized
you lyophilized
he/she/it lyophilized
we lyophilized
you lyophilized
they lyophilized
Present Continuous
I am lyophilizing
you are lyophilizing
he/she/it is lyophilizing
we are lyophilizing
you are lyophilizing
they are lyophilizing
Present Perfect
I have lyophilized
you have lyophilized
he/she/it has lyophilized
we have lyophilized
you have lyophilized
they have lyophilized
Past Continuous
I was lyophilizing
you were lyophilizing
he/she/it was lyophilizing
we were lyophilizing
you were lyophilizing
they were lyophilizing
Past Perfect
I had lyophilized
you had lyophilized
he/she/it had lyophilized
we had lyophilized
you had lyophilized
they had lyophilized
Future
I will lyophilize
you will lyophilize
he/she/it will lyophilize
we will lyophilize
you will lyophilize
they will lyophilize
Future Perfect
I will have lyophilized
you will have lyophilized
he/she/it will have lyophilized
we will have lyophilized
you will have lyophilized
they will have lyophilized
Future Continuous
I will be lyophilizing
you will be lyophilizing
he/she/it will be lyophilizing
we will be lyophilizing
you will be lyophilizing
they will be lyophilizing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been lyophilizing
you have been lyophilizing
he/she/it has been lyophilizing
we have been lyophilizing
you have been lyophilizing
they have been lyophilizing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been lyophilizing
you will have been lyophilizing
he/she/it will have been lyophilizing
we will have been lyophilizing
you will have been lyophilizing
they will have been lyophilizing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been lyophilizing
you had been lyophilizing
he/she/it had been lyophilizing
we had been lyophilizing
you had been lyophilizing
they had been lyophilizing
Conditional
I would lyophilize
you would lyophilize
he/she/it would lyophilize
we would lyophilize
you would lyophilize
they would lyophilize
Past Conditional
I would have lyophilized
you would have lyophilized
he/she/it would have lyophilized
we would have lyophilized
you would have lyophilized
they would have lyophilized
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.lyophilize - to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum
freeze-dry - preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dry the strawberries"
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The simple route to achieving a higher success rate would be to lyophilize the samples with acetonitrile still present in the samples.
This growth will be accompanied by an increasing demand for prefilled injection the Lyo-Ject dual-chamber syringe and VLK dual-chamber cartridge; they are particularly well suited to sensitive active ingredients and complex substances because the ideal way to ensure a long shelf-life for such products is to lyophilize them.
Once development activities are complete, LSNE can formulate, fill, lyophilize and package finished products.
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