Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
elec·tro·po·ra·tion Pronunciation:
i-"lek-tr&-por-'A-sh&n Function:
noun : the application of an electriccurrent to a living surface (as the skin or the plasma membrane of a cell) in order to open pores or channels through which something (as a drug or DNA) may pass —
elec·tro·po·rate /i-'lek-tr&-p&-"rAt/ transitive verb -rat·ed;
-rat·ing