Synonyms of motility

motility

noun

as in mobility

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mobility
• locomotion
• motion
• migration
• movement
• shifting
• dislocation
• stirring
• motivity
• relocation
• move
• shift
• twitching
• stir
• writhing
• fiddling
• flapping
• wriggling
• squirming
• fidgeting
• waving
• squirm
• flailing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• immobility
• inertia
• termination
• stillness
• cessation
• expiration
• pause
• stop
• stoppage
• discontinuance
• finish
• lapse
• inertness
• shutdown
• halt
• ending
• shutoff
• surcease
• motionlessness

Examples of motility in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gastroparesis and functional dyspepsia are both under the umbrella term of motility disorders, and bloating may occur in these disorders.6 Functional dyspepsia may be diagnosed when symptoms affect the upper digestive system, but no obvious cause is found. —Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024

Signals are sent to the brain about the level of satiety and nutrients, the brain increases or decreases digestive juices and regulates the speed of gut motility depending on information received from the nervous system. —Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024

This supplement can help protect sperm from oxidative damage and may help sperm motility. —Casey Seiden, Parents, 19 May 2024

Our list of reasonable diagnoses was expanding and contracting, replaced with irritable bowel syndrome, food intolerances, gut motility issues, all overlying a stressed individual barely keeping it together. —Eric Snoey, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024