iontophoreticadj.
/ʌɪˌɒntə(ʊ)fəˈrɛtɪk/, U.S. /aɪˌɑn(t)əfəˈrɛdɪk/ Medicine and Biology.
Of, relating to, or using iontophoresis.
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electrogenic1848
cataphoretic1889
diathermic1910
iontophoretic1919
short wave1935
electroconvulsive1943
1919 J. R. Jacoby & G. W. Jacoby Electr. in Med. v. iii. 425 To these purely chemical effects are always added the iontophoretic, vasomotor, and trophic ones, and hence the electrolytic method possesses many fields of activity.
1943 Jrnl. Allergy 14 199 The threshold of reaction to histamine was determined by testing dilutions of standard strengths on the skin of treated patients by the iontophoretic method described.
1971 Jrnl. Cell. Physiol. 77 339/2 Iontophoretic application of materials was accomplished by connecting a variable voltage source with a micropipette containing the material.
2003 J. R. Cooper et al. Biochem. Basis Neuropharmacol. (ed. 8) ii. 28 Transmitters and drugs can then be applied..more locally by micropressure pulse or iontophoretic application methods.
Derivatives
iˌontophoˈretically adv. by means of iontophoresis.
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1922 Arch. Dermatol. & Syphilol. 6 776 The author found that epinephrin, iontophoretically introduced into the skin, caused a diffuse, intensive and lasting anemia.
1964 D. M. Gordon Med. Managem. Ocular Dis. iv. 20 Many of the systemic preparations can be..administered iontophoretically.
2003 Plant Physiol. 131 977/1 Multiple root hair cells per plant were iontophoretically microinjected with the combined dyes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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