释义 |
motility Phys.|məʊˈtɪlɪtɪ| [Formed as prec. + ity.] Capability or power of moving (as a quality of organisms).
1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 40/2 Motility and Sensation. 1836–9Ibid. II. 675/1 Cold..tends to diminish sensibility and motility. 1860Encycl. Brit. (ed. 8) XXI. 1000/2 The changes and motility of their cilia. 1875Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 645 Motile leaves..lose their motility when oxygen is withheld from them. 1878A. M. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 90 A very small lesion may produce very decided impairment of motility. |