IONTOPHORESIS


Meaning of IONTOPHORESIS in English

[ ʌɪˌɒntə(ʊ)fə'ri:sɪs ]

■ noun Medicine a technique of introducing ionic medicinal compounds through the skin by applying a local electric current.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from ion , on the pattern of electrophoresis .

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