- motility
- motility (n.) "capacity of movement," 1827, from Fr. motilité (1827), from L. mot-, stem of movere "to move" (see MOVE (Cf. move) (v.)).
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motility — noun see motile I … New Collegiate Dictionary
motility — See motile. * * * … Universalium
