Freeze Drying MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Freeze Drying
Tree Number(s): E01.370.225.500.620.760.160.260; E01.370.225.750.600.760.160.260; E02.792.156.260; E05.200.500.620.760.160.260; E05.200.750.600.760.160.260; E05.760.156.260
Unique ID: D005612
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005612
Annotation: NIM
Scope Note: Method of tissue preparation in which the tissue specimen is frozen and then dehydrated at low temperature in a high vacuum. This method is also used for dehydrating pharmaceutical and food products.
Entry Term(s): Lyophilization
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Diagnosis [E01]
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
  - Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E01.370.225]
    - Cytological Techniques [E01.370.225.500]
      - Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E01.370.225.500.620]
        
        Tissue Preservation [E01.370.225.500.620.760]
        
        Cryopreservation [E01.370.225.500.620.760.160]
        
        Freeze Drying [E01.370.225.500.620.760.160.260]
        
        Freeze Substitution [E01.370.225.500.620.760.160.260.270]

Diagnosis [E01]
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
  - Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E01.370.225]
    - Histological Techniques [E01.370.225.750]
      - Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E01.370.225.750.600]
        
        Tissue Preservation [E01.370.225.750.600.760]
        
        Cryopreservation [E01.370.225.750.600.760.160]
        
        Freeze Drying [E01.370.225.750.600.760.160.260]
        
        Freeze Substitution [E01.370.225.750.600.760.160.260.270]

Therapeutics [E02]
- Preservation, Biological [E02.792]
  - Cryopreservation [E02.792.156]
    - Freeze Drying [E02.792.156.260]
      - Freeze Substitution [E02.792.156.260.270]

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E05.200]
  - Cytological Techniques [E05.200.500]
    - Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E05.200.500.620]
      - Tissue Preservation [E05.200.500.620.760]
        
        Cryopreservation [E05.200.500.620.760.160]
        
        Freeze Drying [E05.200.500.620.760.160.260]
        
        Freeze Substitution [E05.200.500.620.760.160.260.270]

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E05.200]
  - Histological Techniques [E05.200.750]
    - Histocytological Preparation Techniques [E05.200.750.600]
      - Tissue Preservation [E05.200.750.600.760]
        
        Cryopreservation [E05.200.750.600.760.160]
        
        Freeze Drying [E05.200.750.600.760.160.260]
        
        Freeze Substitution [E05.200.750.600.760.160.260.270]

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Preservation, Biological [E05.760]
  - Cryopreservation [E05.760.156]
    - Freeze Drying [E05.760.156.260]
      - Freeze Substitution [E05.760.156.260.270]

Freeze Drying Preferred

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