motile
motile
Definition
mo·tile (mōt′'l)
motile
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- become: This can occur in breast cancer cells and results in cells becoming motile.
Modifies a noun
- sperm: The time to conception was inversely related to the number of motile sperm seen.
- bacterium: For more examples of motile bacteria, see the page on the genus Bacillus.
- count: There is a count of 30 million sperm per ml and 33 % are motile total motile count is 10 million.
- cell: Very simple organisms have no nervous systems; the sensory input impinges directly upon motile cells, the precursors of muscle cells.
- zoospore: Oospores germinate to release motile zoospores that are readily carried in soil water and thus spread the disease within the crop.
- organism: Some samples had to be fixed in the field to prevent aggressive predators in the sample from eating the less motile organisms.
Modifying Another Word
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