cataphoresis

[ kat-uh-fuh-ree-sis ]
/ ˌkæt ə fəˈri sɪs /

noun

Medicine/Medical. the causing of medicinal substances to pass through or into living tissues in the direction of flow of a positive electric current.
Physical Chemistry. electrophoresis.

Origin of cataphoresis

1885–90; < New Latin, equivalent to cata- cata- + New Greek phórēsis a being borne, equivalent to phorē- (variant stem of phérein to bear1, carry) + -sis -sis

OTHER WORDS FROM cataphoresis

cat·a·pho·ret·ic [kat-uh-fuh-ret-ik] /ˌkæt ə fəˈrɛt ɪk/, adjective cat·a·pho·ret·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby cataphoresis

catania, catanzaro, cataphasia, cataphasis, cataphora, cataphoresis, cataphract, cataphracted, cataphylaxis, cataphyll, cataplane

British Dictionary definitions for cataphoresis

cataphoresis
/ (ˌkætəfəˈriːsɪs) /

noun

another name for electrophoresis

Derived forms of cataphoresis

cataphoretic (ˌkætəfəˈrɛtɪk), adjective cataphoretically, adverb