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View synonyms for immotile
immotile
[ ih-moht-l ]
immotile
/ ɪˈməʊtaɪl; ˌɪməʊˈtɪlɪtɪ /
adjective
- (esp of living organisms or their parts) not capable of moving spontaneously and independently
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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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Example Sentences
While many forms are fixed to the substratum, others are free, being in this condition either motile or immotile.
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The cause of this luminosity is Micrococcus phosphorens, an immotile round, or almost round organism.
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Nearly all cocci are immotile, while the bacilli may or may not be.
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