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motility

[ moh-til-i-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Biology. the ability to move spontaneously, or the rate or degree of such movement:
Advanced zinc deficiency can impair the motility and number of sperm.

First recorded in 1800–10; from Latin mōt-, stem of movēre “to move” + -ility ( def )

Remnants of food from previous meals indicate deficient gastric motility.

With each increase in glycerol level, motility was reduced during the incubation period.

This is shown in Figure 10 along with the effect on motility of adding catalase, which is discussed in the next section.

The average prefreezing motility percentage for the above samples was 58, with an average rate of motility of 2.9.

A child who is "suggestible" to a high degree shows it in what we call "motility."

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