motility
pronunciation
How to pronounce motility in British English: UK [məʊ'tɪlɪtɪ]
How to pronounce motility in American English: US [moʊ'tɪlətɪ]
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- Noun:
- ability to move spontaneously and independently
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Word Origin
- motility (n.)
- "capacity of movement," 1827, from French motilité (1827), from Latin mot-, stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)).
Example
- 1. They found men exposed for only four hours experienced measurable dna damage to their sperm and a reduction in movement , or motility , of the sperm .