cataphoresis

American

[kat-uh-fuh-ree-sis] / ˌkæt ə fəˈri sɪs /

noun

Medicine/Medical. the causing of medicinal substances to pass through or into living tissues in the direction of flow of a positive electric current.
Physical Chemistry. electrophoresis.

cataphoresis British

/ ˌkætəfəˈrɛtɪk, ˌkætəfəˈriːsɪs /

noun

another name for electrophoresis

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Other Word Forms

cataphoretic adjective
cataphoretically adverb

Etymology

Origin of cataphoresis

1885–90; < New Latin, equivalent to cata- cata- + New Greek phórēsis a being borne, equivalent to phorē- (variant stem of phérein to bear ¹, carry) + -sis -sis

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