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• Freeze-dry

  [freez-drahy] /ˈfrizˈdraɪ/ verb (used with object), freeze-dried, freeze-drying. 1. to subject to freeze-drying. verb -dries, -drying, -dried 1. (transitive) to preserve (a substance) by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum freeze-dry To preserve a substance, such as food, by freezing it rapidly and placing it in a vacuum chamber, where the water frozen […]

• Freeze-drying

  [freez-drahy-ing] /ˈfrizˈdraɪ ɪŋ/ noun 1. a process for drying heat-sensitive substances, as foods, blood plasma, antibiotics, and the like, by freezing the substance and then subliming the ice or other frozen solvent in a high vacuum. [freez-drahy] /ˈfrizˈdraɪ/ verb (used with object), freeze-dried, freeze-drying. 1. to subject to freeze-drying. verb -dries, -drying, -dried 1. (transitive) […]

• Freeze-etching

  [freez-ech] /ˈfrizˌɛtʃ/ verb (used with object) 1. to prepare (material) for the electron microscope by freeze etching. noun, Biology. 1. the preparation of material for electron microscopic study by freeze fracturing and then subliming a layer of ice crystals from the fractured plane to expose the natural surfaces.

• Freeze-fracture

  [freez-frak-cher] /ˈfrizˈfræk tʃər/ verb (used with object), freeze-fractured, freeze-fracturing. 1. to prepare (material) for the electron microscope by freeze fracturing.

• Freeze-fracturing

  [freez-frak-cher] /ˈfrizˈfræk tʃər/ verb (used with object), freeze-fractured, freeze-fracturing. 1. to prepare (material) for the electron microscope by freeze fracturing. noun, Biology. 1. a method of preparing a biological specimen for electron microscopic study by rapid freezing, cleaving with a sharp knife or razor, and then covering with a thin layer of metal to make […]

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