Associations to the word «Electrophoresis»

Wiktionary

ELECTROPHORESIS, noun. (electricity) the migration of electrically charged molecules through a medium under the influence of an electric field
ELECTROPHORESIS, noun. (analytical chemistry) 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

Dictionary definition

ELECTROPHORESIS, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats