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

Derived Forms

• ˌcataphoˈretically, adverb
• cataphoretic, adjective

Other Words From

• cat·a·pho·ret·ic [kat-, uh, -f, uh, -, ret, -ik], adjective
• cata·pho·reti·cal·ly 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