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Definition of Iontophoresis
1. Noun. Therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues.
Generic synonyms: Therapy
Definition of Iontophoresis
1. Noun. (medicine) A treatment in which electrodes are put in contact with tissue and a voltage is applied in order to introduce an ionized medication ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Iontophoresis
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Medical Definition of Iontophoresis
1. Movement of ions as a result of an applied electric field. For example the delivery of a charged molecule from the end of a micropipette without hydraulic flow. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iontophoresis
Literary usage of Iontophoresis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1907)
"iontophoresis. IT is possible to cause substances to penetrate through the ...
This conception of iontophoresis differs from the old notion of cataphoresis. ..."
2. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Recently zinc iontophoresis has been recommended in treatment of hay ... Zinc or
copper iontophoresis has been employed in the past for indolent ulcers. ..."
3. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Preventive Medicine by Bernard Fantus, William Augustus Evans, G. Koehler (1917)
"iontophoresis in Ophthalmology. This subject is discussed by F. Stocker.6 He finds
... The action of zinc iontophoresis is a double one: in the first place, ..."
4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Local application of nicotine, whether by pressure-ejection or by iontophoresis,
depressed the spontaneous discharge of Purkinje neurons in a reversible and ..."
5. Diseases of the eye by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"Purulent keratitis has been successfully treated by zinc iontophoresis.1 Darier
recommends scarlet red in the treatment of infected ulcers (5 per cent, ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on Ophthalmology by Lawrance Webster Fox (1909)
"The theory of iontophoresis is shortly this. There are two kinds of electrical
conductors: (i) Metals and metalloids; (2) solutions of salts, acids, ..."
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