magnetophoresis
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Formed as magneto- + -phoresis, by analogy with electrophoresis.
Noun
[edit]magnetophoresis (countable and uncountable, plural magnetophoreses)
- (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.