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motile

adjective as in mobile

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adjective as in movable

adjective as in moving

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adjective as in transportable

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The organism is an actively motile spiral thread, about four times the diameter of a red corpuscle in length.

These bacilli (Fig. 89) are large (5 to 10 long), non-motile, and usually arranged end to end in chains.

It is not unlike a pus-corpuscle in size and general appearance, but is actively motile.

Spirochte pallida is an extremely slender, spiral, motile thread, with pointed ends.

Cocci exhibit this movement, but with the exception of the Micrococcus agilis, the cocci are non-motile.

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On this page you'll find 121 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to motile, such as: ambulatory, fluid, free, itinerant, liquid, and locomotive.

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