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elec·tro·po·ra·tion | \ i-ˌlek-trə-pȯr-ˈā-shən 
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\Definition of electroporation
: the application of an electric current to a living surface (such as the skin or a cell membrane) in order to open pores or channels through which something (such as a drug or DNA) may pass
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electroporation
nounelec·tro·po·ra·tion | \ i-ˌlek-trə-pȯr-ˈā-shən \
\Medical Definition of electroporation
: the application of an electric current 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
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electroporate \ i-ˈlek-trə-pə-ˌrāt \ transitive verb electroporated; electroporating
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The first known use of electroporation was in 1982
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