motility

pronunciation

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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 .

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