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Lyophilization vs Cryopreservation - What's the difference?

lyophilization | cryopreservation |

As nouns the difference between lyophilization and cryopreservation

is that lyophilization is freeze-drying; the removal of moisture from a frozen material using vacuum while cryopreservation is the preservation of biological tissue at cryogenic temperatures, typically at -80°C (dry ice temperature) or -196°C (the boiling point of liquid nitrogen).

lyophilization

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Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

  • freeze-drying; the removal of moisture from a frozen material using vacuum
  • * 1894 , United States Department of Agriculture, Crops in Peace and War: The Yearbook of Agriculture (), p. 74], [http://books.google.com/books?id=LizbAAAAMAAJ&q=lyophilize p. 907:
  • *:After dialysis, the enzyme can be obtained as a dry powder by lyophilization.
  • *:(Lyophilization) The process of vacuum-drying substances from the frozen state. The water is sublimated into a trap at low temperature or is absorbed by drying agents. Verb: lyophilize.

    • cryopreservation

    English

    (wikipedia cryopreservation)

    Noun

    (-)
  • the preservation of biological tissue at cryogenic temperatures, typically at -80°C (dry ice temperature) or -196°C (the boiling point of liquid nitrogen).

    • Related terms

    * cryopreserve