electrophoresis

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Etymology

From electro- +‎ -phoresis.

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), a method for 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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