electrophoresis

English

Etymology

From electro- +‎ -phoresis.

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Noun

electrophoresis (countable and uncountable, plural electrophoreses)

  1. (electricity) The migration of electrically charged molecules through a medium under the influence of an electric field.
  2. (analytical chemistry, biochemistry) The separation and analysis of large molecules (such as proteins) by migrating a colloidal solution of them through a gel; gel electrophoresis.

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