Cataphoresis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    electrophoresis of cations countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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 wordnet

Etymology

From cata- + -phoresis.

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