magnetophoresis

English

Etymology

Formed as magneto- +‎ -phoresis, by analogy with electrophoresis.

Noun

magnetophoresis (countable and uncountable, plural magnetophoreses)

1. (physics) Motion induced by a magnetic field on a particle of magnetic or magnetizable material (such as a hemoglobin-bearing red blood cell) in a fluid.

Related terms

• magnetophoretic

See also

• electrophoresis