motility

Synonyms for motility

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noun. ability to move

noun. motion, activity

noun. motion, activity

Word Origin & History

"capacity of movement," 1827, from French motilité (1827), from Latin mot-, stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)).

The motility of the face, head, and neck was not noticeably impaired.

They have their cells boxed in by cellulose walls, so that their opportunities for motility are greatly restricted.

Their cells have not cellulose walls, nor in most cases much wall of any kind, and motility in the majority is unrestricted.

It is by traversing its scope of motility that the mind finds out what the norms of logic are.

Accordingly he is convinced that that stage is the final consideration of his scope of 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."

The defect of motility consists at first in the provocation of a motor reaction by some external cause, or by an idea.