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mo⋅tile

[moht-l, moh-til]
–adjective
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.

Origin:
1860–65; < L mōt(us) (ptp. of movēre to move, set in motion) + -ile


mo⋅til⋅i⋅ty [moh-til-i-tee] , noun
mo·tile   (mōt'l, mō'tīl')   
adj.  
  1. Biology Moving or having the power to move spontaneously: motile spores.
  2. Psychology Of or relating to mental imagery that arises primarily from sensations of bodily movement and position rather than from visual or auditory sensations.

[Latin mōtus, motion (from past participle of movēre, to move; see motion) + -ile1.]
mo·til'i·ty (mō-tĭl'ĭ-tē) n.

Motility

Mo*til"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. motilit['e].] (Physiol.) Capability of motion; contractility.

Main Entry: mo·til·i·ty
Pronunciation: mO-'til-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: the quality orstate of being motile : CONTRACTILITY motility>
motile   (mōt'l, mō'tīl')  Pronunciation Key 
Moving or able to move by itself. Sperm and certain spores are motile.

motility noun (mō-tĭl'ĭ-tē)
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