electrophoresis

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Noun

electrophoresis

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

Related terms

• electrophoretic
• electrophoretise / electrophoretize

Translations

• French: électrophorèse
• Italian: elettroforesi
• Portuguese: eletroforese
• Russian: электрофоре́з
• Spanish: electroforesis

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