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View synonyms for immotile

immotile

[ ih-moht-l ]

adjective

  1. not able to move; not motile.


immotile

/ ɪˈməʊtaɪl; ˌɪməʊˈtɪlɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. (esp of living organisms or their parts) not capable of moving spontaneously and independently
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • immotility, noun
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Other Words From

  • im·mo·til·i·ty [im-oh-, til, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of immotile1

First recorded in 1870–75; im- 2 + motile
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Example Sentences

While many forms are fixed to the substratum, others are free, being in this condition either motile or immotile.

The cause of this luminosity is Micrococcus phosphorens, an immotile round, or almost round organism.

Nearly all cocci are immotile, while the bacilli may or may not be.

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