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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
“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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Derived Forms

  • ˌcataphoˈretically, adverb
  • cataphoretic, adjective
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Other Words From

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

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