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electrophoresis

noun

Meaning

  1. The migration of electrically charged molecules through a medium under the influence of an electric field
  2. (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

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