drying up

Synonyms:

dehydration, desiccation, evaporation

Types:

freeze-drying, lyophilisation, 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

inspissation

the process of thickening by dehydration

Type of:

extraction

the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means