electrophoreticadj.
/ᵻˌlɛktrə(ʊ)fəˈrɛtɪk/, U.S. /əˌlɛktrəfəˈrɛdɪk/, /iˌlɛktrəfəˈrɛdɪk/ Chiefly Biochemistry.
Of or relating to electrophoresis; involving or employing electrophoresis.
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cataphoric1887
cataphoretic1889
electrophoretic1924
1924 J. McBain in R. H. Bogue Theory & Applic. Colloidal Behavior I. xvi. 426 The electrophoretic mobility of a colloid expressed in centimeters per volt per centimeter per second is almost as great as that of a slow-moving organic ion.
1960 Times 8 Apr. 2/3 The successful applicant..should have experience in chemical chromatographic and electrophoretic methods of analysis.
1989 R. Dryer & G. Lata Exper. Biochem. i. iv. 86 The net charge determines the electrophoretic mobility, or how the molecules move in a charge field.
1999 Rotunda Fall–Winter 20/1 [They] addressed the relationship between these two taxa through electrophoretic comparisons of their egg-white proteins.
Derivatives
eˌlectrophoˈretically adv. by means of electrophoresis; as regards electrophoresis.
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electrophoretically1926
1926 W. A. Perlzweig tr. L. Michaelis Hydrogen Ion Concentration I. x. 253 The electrophoretically moving particle [Ger. das kataphoretisch wandernde Teilchen] always migrates in a definite direction away from one pole and towards the other pole.
1962 M. Rabaey in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism 312 It was not possible to demonstrate α-crystallin electrophoretically in embryos of less than 10 days incubation.
1990 Nucleic Acids Res. 18 261/2 The protein was transferred electrophoretically to a polyvinylidene difluoride membrane.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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