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dehydration vs lyophilization

lyophilization vs dehydration

dehydration and lyophilization both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dehydration Yes No No No
lyophilization Yes No No No
As nouns, lyophilization is a hyponym of dehydration; that is, lyophilization is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dehydration:
  • dehydration: the process of extracting moisture
  • lyophilization: a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes
Other hyponyms of dehydration include freeze-drying, lyophilisation, inspissation.
dehydration (noun) lyophilization (noun)
the process of extracting moisture a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes
dryness resulting from the removal of water
depletion of bodily fluids
Difference between dehydration and lyophilization

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