Electrophoresis

Definition: Electrophoresis

Electrophoresis

Noun

1. 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.

Specialty Definitions: Electrophoresis

Domain	Definitions
Chemistry	The movement of colloidal ions produced by the application of an electric potential. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	An electrochemical process in which macromolecules or colloidal particles with a net electric charge migrate in a solution under the influence of an electric current. (references)
Mining	A. Movement of colloid particles toward an oppositely charged electrode through a solution b. The movement toward electrodes of suspended charged particles in a fluid by applying an electromotive force to the electrodes that are incontact with the suspension. See also:cataphoresis. (references)
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Synonym: Electrophoresis

Synonym: cataphoresis (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Electrophoresis

English words defined with "electrophoresis": cataphoretic ♦ electrophoretic ♦ immunoelectrophoresis ♦ paper electrophoresis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "electrophoresis": Acrylamide, Acrylamides, agarose gel, agarose gel electrophoresis, Alpha-Globulins, alpha-Macroglobulins ♦ Blood Protein Electrophoresis ♦ Comet Assay ♦ DNA Fingerprinting ♦ Electrophoresis, Agar Gel, Electrophoresis, Capillary, Electrophoresis, Cellulose Acetate, Electrophoresis, Disc, Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, Electrophoresis, Paper, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Electrophoresis, Starch Gel ♦ Gamma-Globulins, gel retardation assay, gel shift assay ♦ Heteroduplex Analysis ♦ Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional, In Situ Nick-End Labeling, Isoelectric Focusing ♦ Paraproteins, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, Prealbumin, Protein Footprinting ♦ Radioimmunoprecipitation Assay, random amplified polymorphic DNA, Retinol-Binding Proteins. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Electrophoresis

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Chromatographs and Electrophoresis Instruments: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Advances in Electrophoresis (reference) Capillary Electrophoresis (reference) Electrophoresis '83: Advanced Methods, Biochemical and Clinical Applications: Proceedings of the International Conference on Electrophoresis, Tokyo (reference) Electrophoresis in Practice: A Guide to Methods and Applications of DNA and Protein Separations (reference) Electrophoresis of Enzymes: Laboratory Methods (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Electrophoresis [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Electrophoresis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Subtyping of S. sonnei by pulsed field gel electrophoresis can improve outbreak detection and control. (references)
		The use of subtyping by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and comparison of patterns by PulseNet has increased the ability to identify outbreaks. (references)
		The panel concludes that at the present time, cellulose acetate followed by citrate agar electrophoresis is the method of choice for large-scale centralized mass screening. (references)
Business		Helena dominates the electrophoresis market in instrumentation and reagents. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Electrophoresis

"Electrophoresis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Electrophoresis" is used about 121 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	121	29,211

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Electrophoresis

Expressions using "electrophoresis": agarose gel electrophoresis ♦ Blood Protein Electrophoresis ♦ Gel electrophoresis ♦ paper electrophoresis ♦ polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Electrophoresis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
electrophoresis	189
gel electrophoresis	107
capillary electrophoresis	56
protein electrophoresis	26
serum protein electrophoresis	24
agarose gel electrophoresis	22
hemoglobin electrophoresis	12
dna electrophoresis	11
dna gel electrophoresis	7
automated electrophoresis	6
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Modern Translations: Electrophoresis

Language		Translations for "electrophoresis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		elektroforese. (various references)

Dutch		elektroforese (ionophoresis, iontophoresis). (various references)

Finnish		elektroforeesi. (various references)

French		électrophorèse. (various references)

German		Elektrophorese (Elektronenwanderung), Elektrophorese. (various references)

Greek		ηλεκτροφόρηση. (various references)

Hungarian		elektroforézis. (various references)

Italian		elettroforesi. (various references)

Korean		� �기 이동법. (various references)

Pig Latin		electrophoresisay.(various references)

Portuguese		electroforese. (various references)

Romanian		electroforezã. (various references)

Russian		электрофорез. (various references)

Spanish		electroforesis. (various references)

Swedish		elektrofores. (various references)

Vietnamese		hiện tượng điện chuyển. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Electrophoresis

Derivations
	Words ending with "electrophoresis": immunoelectrophoresis, microelectrophoresis. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Electrophoresis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: electropheresis, electrophorese, electrophorezed, electroporesed. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Electrophoresis"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "electrophoresis" (pronounced ulektrōfôri'si's or ulektrōferē"si's)
3	-s i' s	asbestosis, basis, Cassis, emphasis, endometriosis, lexis, lysis, oasis, osmosis, osteoporosis, paralysis, parenthesis, pertussis, praxis, Pyxis, sepsis, Telesis.
3	-s i' s	asbestosis, basis, Cassis, emphasis, endometriosis, lexis, lysis, oasis, osmosis, osteoporosis, paralysis, parenthesis, pertussis, praxis, Pyxis, sepsis, Telesis.
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Anagrams: Electrophoresis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-h-i-l-o-o-p-r-r-s-s-t"
	-2 letters: heterospories.
	-3 letters: clerestories, electrophori, preschoolers.
	-4 letters: corsetieres, helicopters, heliotropes, preschooler, rectorships, spirochetes, stereoscope, teliospores.
	-5 letters: choristers, clipsheets, coprolites, corsetiere, corsetries, ecospheres, epistolers, helicopter, heliotrope, heretrices, herstories, hostelries, orthoepies, pistoleers, posteriors, preschools, preselects, prosectors, rectorship, repolishes, respecters, scheelites, sheepcotes, shelterers, spirochete, splotchier, telescopes, teliospore, threescore.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-h-i-l-o-o-p-r-r-s-s-t"
	+5 letters: microelectrophoreses, microelectrophoresis, spectroheliographies.
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