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-phoresis

combining form

  1. indicating a transmission

    electrophoresis

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of -phoresis1

from Greek phorēsīs being carried, from pherein to bear
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Example Sentences

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.

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