noun 1.Medicine/Medical. the causing of medicinal substances to pass through or into living tissues in the direction of flow of a positive electric
current.
Origin: 1885–90; <
Neo-Latin, equivalent to
cata- cata- +
New Greek phórēsis a being borne, equivalent to
phorē- (variant stem of
phérein to
bear1, carry) +
-sis -sis Related forms cat·a·pho·ret·i·cal·ly, adverb