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-phoresis

Suffix used in various sciences

The suffix -phoresis means "migration":

Phoresis, where one organism attaches itself to another for travel.
Diffusiophoresis, motion observed in liquid environments where chemical gradients are generated by contact between solutions with different solute concentrations
Electrophoresis, motion of dispersed particles relative to a fluid under the influence of a spatially uniform electric field
Isotachophoresis, technique in analytical chemistry used to separate charged particles
Necrophoresis, disposal of bodies of dead members of their colony in social insects
Thermophoresis, phenomenon observed when a mixture of two or more types of motile particles (particles able to move) is subjected to the force of a temperature gradient and the different types of particles respond to it differently

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