electrophoresis

American  

[ih-lek-troh-fuh-ree-sis] / ɪˌlɛk troʊ fəˈri sɪs /

noun

1. Also called cataphoresis.  Physical Chemistry. the motion of colloidal particles suspended in a fluid medium, due to the influence of an electric field on the medium.

2. Biology. this technique, applied to sorting proteins according to their responses to an electric field.

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electrophoresis British  

/ ɪˌlɛktrəʊfəˈriːsɪs, ɪˌlɛktrəʊfəˈrɛtɪk /

noun

1. Also called: cataphoresis.  the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an applied electric field

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electrophoresis Scientific  

/ ĭ-lĕk′trō-fə-rē′sĭs /

1. The migration of electrically charged molecules through a fluid or gel under the influence of an electric field. Electrophoresis is used especially to separate combinations of compounds, such as fragments of DNA, for the purpose of studying their components.

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Other Word Forms

• electrophoretic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of electrophoresis

1910–15; electro- + Greek phórēsis a being borne; see -phore, -sis

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, Belfast-based fertility firm Examen uses a technique known as single cell gel electrophoresis to identify DNA damage in individual sperm.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023

Gel electrophoresis is performed and the length of each base is detected by laser scanners with wavelengths specific to the four different dNTPS’s.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

When the reaction mixture is processed by gel electrophoresis after being separated into single strands, the multiple newly replicated DNA strands form a ladder because of the differing sizes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Gel electrophoresis separates the nucleic acid fragments according to their size.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty unleashed a volley of experiments, testing the transforming principle using UV light, chemical analysis, electrophoresis.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee