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单词 immotile
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Definition of immotile in English:

immotile

adjective ɪˈməʊtʌɪli(m)ˈmōdl
Biology
  • Not motile.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A small number of the mutants in this class produced sperm that appeared immotile; most produced reasonable quantities of motile sperm.
    • Many of these immotile spermatids are dislodged from the spermatheca and swept away as oocytes parade through the reproductive tract.
    • Due to the flagellation constraint, the cost of reproduction (in terms of the amount of time spent in an immotile stage) increases with increasing colony size.
    • He showed that the amoeba Pelomyxa became immotile upon illumination, whereas the photosynthetic alga Euglena was attracted to light.
    • The immotile cilia lack the motor protein dynein, which is essential for their movement.
    Synonyms
    immovable, unbudgeable
 
 

Definition of immotile in US English:

immotile

adjectivei(m)ˈmōdl
Biology
  • Not motile.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Due to the flagellation constraint, the cost of reproduction (in terms of the amount of time spent in an immotile stage) increases with increasing colony size.
    • He showed that the amoeba Pelomyxa became immotile upon illumination, whereas the photosynthetic alga Euglena was attracted to light.
    • Many of these immotile spermatids are dislodged from the spermatheca and swept away as oocytes parade through the reproductive tract.
    • A small number of the mutants in this class produced sperm that appeared immotile; most produced reasonable quantities of motile sperm.
    • The immotile cilia lack the motor protein dynein, which is essential for their movement.
    Synonyms
    immovable, unbudgeable
 
 
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