Laboratory Procedure
spray drying
spray dry·ing
Subclass of:
Technology, Pharmaceutical; Biologic Preservation
Definitions related to spray drying:
  • Method of drying liquids and liquid suspensions to prepare drugs in their final dehydrated powder form.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (spray heating drying method) A process that removes water or volatile solvents from a bed of solids or a slurry using a large volumetric flow of hot air
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (spray heating drying method) Continuous drying using a large volumetric flow (cfm) of hot air to rapidly dry an atomized slurry or solution as the droplets are conveyed in the air stream to make a single pass through the unit.
    U.S. FDA Glossary
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
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