motilitynoun [ U ]
uk/məʊˈtil.iˈtiː/us/moʊˈtɪl.ə.t̬i/specializedthe ability of plants, organisms, and very small forms of of life to be able to move by themselves:
a motility test
sperm motility
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Movement
- ambulatory
- be treading water idiom
- catalepsy
- comings
- floating
- get
- gravitation
- immobile
- immobilize
- inert
- mobile
- motile
- motion
- movable
- moving
- pull
- pull up short idiom
- rooted
- still
- tread
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