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Motility

[moht-l, moh-til]

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Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.

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Origin:
1860–65; < Latin mōt(us) (past participle of movēre to move, set in motion) + -ile

Related forms

mo·til·i·ty

[moh-til-i-tee] , noun

non·mo·tile, adjective

non·mo·til·i·ty, noun

su·per·mo·til·i·ty, noun

un·mo·tile, adjective

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Motility is always a great word to know.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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Esophageal neuromuscular function and motility disorders.

They're not afraid of variety in their voices, and motility in their faces.

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World English Dictionary

motile (ˈməʊtaɪl)

—*adj*
1.	capable of moving spontaneously and independently

—n
2.	psychol a person whose mental imagery strongly reflects movement, esp his own

[C19: from Latin mōtus moved, from movēre to move]

motility

—n

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Word Origin & History

motility

1836, from motile + -ity.

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motile