Motility (redirected from motility tests)

mo·tile  (mtl, mtl)

adj.

1. Biology Moving or having the power to move spontaneously: motile spores.

2. Psychology 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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[Latin mtus, motion (from past participle of movre, to move; see motion) + -ile.]

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mo·tili·ty (m-tl-t) n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	motility - ability to move spontaneously and independently mobility - the quality of moving freely immotility - lacking an ability to move
	2.	motility - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" movement, motion, move change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" abduction - (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body adduction - (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body agitation - the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) body English - a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction circumduction - a circular movement of a limb or eye disturbance - the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion fetal movement, foetal movement - motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy) flit, dart - a sudden quick movement gesture - motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling headshake, headshaking - the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement; "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me" inclining, inclination - the act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" everting, eversion, inversion - the act of turning inside out upending, inversion - turning upside down; setting on end jerking, jolt, saccade, jerk - an abrupt spasmodic movement kicking, kick - a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics; "the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him" kneel, kneeling - supporting yourself on your knees pitching, lurch, pitch - abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" eye movement - the movement of the eyes opening - the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" prostration - the act of assuming a prostrate position reaching, stretch, reach - the act of physically reaching or thrusting out reciprocation - alternating back-and-forth movement reclining - the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position retraction - the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin" retroflection, retroflexion - the act of bending backward rotary motion, rotation - the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" closing, shutting - the act of closing something sitting - the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting" posing, sitting - (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" snap - the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "he gave his fingers a snap" squatting, squat - the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels sweep - a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm" toss - an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head" vibration, quivering, quiver - the act of vibrating wave - a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves" flutter, waver, flicker - the act of moving back and forth standing - the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position straddle, span - the act of sitting or standing astride stroke - a single complete movement squirm, wiggle, wriggle - the act of wiggling eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy - the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding