phoresis1
/fəˈriːsɪs/Medicine and Science
noun
Drug delivery by means of an electrical current; cataphoresis.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Journal Physical Therapeutics. From -phoresis.
phoresis2
/fəˈriːsɪs/Zoology and Ecology
noun
= phoresy.
Origin
1950s. From phoresy; remodelled after its ultimate etymon Hellenistic Greek ϕόρησις.