English Explanatory Dictionary

-phoresis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. transmission or movement of particles

Pronunciation

/fəˈɹiː.sɪs/

Word forms

-phoresis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φόρησῐς (phórēsĭs, “an act of bearing, wearing”), from φορέω (phoréō, “to bear repeatedly or habitually; to be carried along”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, action noun suffix).

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