cataphoresis

[kat-uh-fuh-ree-sis]

noun

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

2. Physical Chemistry.,  electrophoresis.

cataphoresis

/ ˌkætəfəˈrɛtɪk, ˌkætəfəˈriːsɪs /

noun

1. another name for electrophoresis

Other Word Forms

• cataphoretic adjective
• cataphoretically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of cataphoresis¹

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