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electrophorese

electrophorese verb: to carry out electrophoresis on something.

Verb

electrophorese (third-person singular simple present electrophoreses, present participle electrophoresing, simple past and past participle electrophoresed)

  1. To carry out electrophoresis on something.
    • The approach taken is to electrophorese the RNA sample on an agarose gel under denaturing conditions.1995, Kwang-Soo Kim et al., “Analysis of gene expression by blotting techniques”, in Gene Probes 2, →ISBN, page 156

Forms of electrophorese

third-person singular presentelectrophoreses
present participleelectrophoresing
past participleelectrophoresed
pastelectrophoresed

Origin of electrophorese

Back-formation from electrophoresis.

Questions about electrophorese

What does electrophorese mean?
Electrophorese means to carry out electrophoresis on something.
What part of speech is electrophorese?
Electrophorese is a verb.
What is the past tense of electrophorese?
The past tense of electrophorese is electrophoresed.

Words near electrophorese in the dictionary

  1. electrophore
  2. electrophorectically
  3. electrophoregram
  4. electrophoregrams
  5. electrophores
  6. electrophorese
  7. electrophoresed
  8. electrophoreses
  9. electrophoresing
  10. electrophoresis
  11. electrophoresize

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