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title: "-phoresis"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-phoresis"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T07:36:54.388999+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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The suffix -phoresis means "migration":
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Phoresis, where one organism attaches itself to another for travel.
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Diffusiophoresis, motion observed in liquid environments where chemical gradients are generated by contact between solutions with different solute concentrations
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Electrophoresis, motion of dispersed particles relative to a fluid under the influence of a spatially uniform electric field
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Isotachophoresis, technique in analytical chemistry used to separate charged particles
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Necrophoresis, disposal of bodies of dead members of their colony in social insects
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Thermophoresis, phenomenon observed when a mixture of two or more types of motile particles (particles able to move) is subjected to the force of a temperature gradient and the different types of particles respond to it differently
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== See also ==
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Apheresis ('taking away'), where a constituent of blood is separated out and the remainder returned to the circulation
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== External links ==
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The dictionary definition of -phoresis at Wiktionary |