Motile Definition

mōtl, mōtīl
adjective
Capable of or exhibiting spontaneous motion.
Webster's New World
Moving or having the power to move spontaneously.
Motile spores; motile robots.
American Heritage Medicine
Of or relating to mental imagery that arises primarily from sensations of bodily movement and position rather than from visual or auditory sensations.
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Origin of Motile

  • Latin mōtus motion (from) (past participle of movēre to move motion) –ile

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin mōtus, perfect passive participle of moveō (“I move") (English move).

    From Wiktionary

Motile Sentence Examples

  • Polarity is clearly seen in Vibrio cholerae, a highly motile pathogen that swims by rapidly rotating a single polar flagellum.

  • The phylum Chytridiomycota has traditionally been characterized on the basis of motile cells with a single posterior flagellum.

  • This can occur in breast cancer cells and results in cells becoming motile.

  • Some are actively motile, some are free-floating whilst many are found attached to a substrate.

  • Pseudomonas are highly motile and posses multiple virulence factors including proteases and exotoxins.

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