CATAPHORESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cataphoresis mean? 

• CATAPHORESIS (noun)
  The noun CATAPHORESIS has 1 sense:

1. the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode

  Familiarity information: CATAPHORESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATAPHORESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

cataphoresis; dielectrolysis; electrophoresis; ionophoresis

Hypernyms ("cataphoresis" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cataphoresis"):

immunoelectrophoresis (electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies)

carrier electrophoresis; paper electrophoresis (electrophoresis carried out on filter paper)

Derivation:

cataphoretic (of or relating to electrophoresis)