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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective dried by freezing and applying a vacuum; -- used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of freeze-dry.
  • adjective That has been subjected to this process

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum
  • adjective preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum

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