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cataphoresis

[ 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.

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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 bear1, carry) + -sis-sis

OTHER WORDS FROM cataphoresis

cat·a·pho·ret·ic [kat-uh-fuh-ret-ik], /ˌkæt ə fəˈrɛt ɪk/, adjectivecat·a·pho·ret·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby cataphoresis

Cataño, Catanzaro, cataphasia, cataphasis, cataphora, cataphoresis, cataphract, cataphracted, cataphylaxis, cataphyll, cataplane
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British Dictionary definitions for cataphoresis

cataphoresis
/ (ˌkætəfəˈriːsɪs) /

noun

another name for electrophoresis

Derived forms of cataphoresis

cataphoretic (ˌkætəfəˈrɛtɪk), adjectivecataphoretically, adverb
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