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Motility Moderate

Motility has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

ability to move spontaneously and independently

2

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"

3

The state of being motile (moving)

Example Sentences
"the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise" noun
"movement is a sign of life" noun
"an impatient move of his hand" noun
"gastrointestinal motility" noun
Related Terms
Antonyms
immotility
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
mobility change
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
abduction adduction agitation body English circumduction disturbance fetal movement flit gesture headshake inclination inversion jerk kick kneel lurch eye movement opening prostration reach reciprocation reclining retraction retroflection rotation shutting sitting snap squat sweep toss vibration wave waver standing straddle stroke wiggle eurythmy
Rhyming Words
ity pity mity city ality arity ility acity deity whity asity icity unity hoity laity amity osity inity egoity vomity
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