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Where does “electroporation” come from?

Electroporation derives from English electro- combined with English poration, which comes from Old French -ation, from Latin -atio, from Ancient Greek πόρος (poros, "pore" or "passage"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tis.

electroporation (English): the creation of transient pores in the cell...

Definitions

  1. the creation of transient pores in the cell...

Ancestry of “electroporation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishporationThe formation of pores in a surface, or the...
2English-ionan action or process, or the result of an action...
3Ancient Greekἀπόγειονapogee, greatest distance from the Earth
4Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
5Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
6Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
7Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
8Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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