Definition of Nonmotility

1. Noun. Absence of motility; inability to move. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonmotility

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonmotility

nonmorbid
nonmorphogenetic
nonmorphometric
nonmortal
nonmortals
nonmortgage
nonmortgageable
nonmortgaged
nonmortuary
nonmosaic
nonmother
nonmothers
nonmotile
nonmotile leukocyte
nonmotilities
nonmotility (current term)
nonmotion
nonmotivated
nonmotivating
nonmotivation
nonmotivational
nonmotorcycle
nonmotorised
nonmotorist
nonmotorists
nonmotorized
nonmottled
nonmountaineer
nonmountaineers
nonmountainous

Literary usage of Nonmotility

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1916)
"The characteristic of nonmotility is of greatest differentiating value and the reports of slight motility are probably from misinterpretation of molecular ..."

2. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1920)
"The characteristic of nonmotility is of greatest differentiating value and the reports of slight motility are probably from misinterpretation of molecular ..."

3. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"It is absolutely out of the question to make a positive diagnosis of true nonmotility of spermatozoa from examination of specimens, which have been allowed ..."

4. Naval Hygiene by James Chambers Pryor (1918)
"B. lactis aerogenes is similar to B. coli, with the exception of nonmotility and production of gas in saccharose media. ..."

5. Tropical Medicine: With Special Reference to the West Indies, Central by Thomas Wright Jackson (1907)
"Particles of fat or globules of fat may attract by their refracting power but the size and nonmotility will quickly clear up the matter. ..."

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