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14 letters · 31 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun 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
originFirst use appears c. 1894 in the US. lyo- + philos + -ization (alternatively analyzed as lyophilize + -ation), from Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loosen, to dissolve”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + -ίζειν (-ízein) + Latin -ātiō, due to the dried product being able to rapidly reabsorb the solvent and restore the original substance, hence “lyophil” (solvent-loving). Popularized from 1960 by Louis R.…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- zoophily 25
- zoophilia 23
- polyzoan 22
- zillionth 21
- hazily 21
- hoatzin 19
- thiazin 19
- thiazol 19
- zonally 19
- hazy 19
- lazily 18
- oozily 18