-phoresis

combining form

indicating a transmission
electrophoresis

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Word History and Origins

from Greek phorēsīs being carried, from pherein to bear

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Example Sentences

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The incidence occurs after a process called phoresis, which is when a botfly captures a mosquito and deposits its eggs on it, and the mosquito then bites a human and transfers the eggs.