Meaning of MOTILITY
| Pronunciation: | | mow'tilitee
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- [n] a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
- [n] ability to move spontaneously and independently
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| | Synonyms: | | motion, move, movement |
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| | Antonyms: | | immotility | | |
| | See Also: | | abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, change, circumduction, closing, dart, disturbance, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy, eversion, everting, fetal movement, flicker, flit, flutter, foetal movement, gesture, headshake, headshaking, inclination, inclining, inversion, jerk, jerking, jolt, kick, kicking, kneel, kneeling, lurch, mobility, nystagmus, opening, pitch, pitching, posing, prostration, quiver, quivering, reach, reaching, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, retroflexion, rotation, shutting, sitting, span, squat, squatting, squirm, standing, straddle, stretch, stroke, sweep, upending, vibration, wave, waver, wiggle, wriggle | |
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| | Definition: | | \Mo*til"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. motilit['e].] (Physiol.)
Capability of motion; contractility.
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| | Definition: | | movement of food through the digestive tract. |
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| | Definition: | | The property of movement by a cell under its own power. |
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