lyophilise

Questions about lyophilise

What does lyophilise mean?

lyophilise means "to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum".

How many syllables are in lyophilise?

lyophilise has 3 syllables and divides as lyo-phi-lise under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lyophilise?

Close synonyms include lyophilize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lyophilise a common word?

lyophilise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.