Freeze-dry

Translation of "freeze-dry" into Russian

Verb

freeze-dry

freeze-dries

freeze-dried Past Simple / Past Participle

freeze-drying Gerund

Transitive verb meaning to preserve material by rapid freezing followed by drying under vacuum.

Pharmaceutical companies often freeze-dry vaccines for storage.

Фармацевтические компании часто лиофилизируют вакцины для хранения.

Additional translations

науч., реже употребляется в значении «лиофилизировать»

Verb

To preserve or dehydrate (food, biological specimens, etc.) by rapidly freezing and then removing the ice by sublimation in a high vacuum.

The laboratory freeze-dried the vaccine to extend its shelf-life.