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motility

[moh-til-i-tee] / moʊˈtɪl ɪ ti /






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Diamond said that in the company’s clinical research on men with male-factor infertility, findings showed its male prenatals significantly boosted sperm motility, or how well the sperm moves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

But the enteric nervous system, which governs gut motility through a dense network of neurons that neuroscientists sometimes call the “second brain,” is not built to sustain that kind of chronic, pharmacological override.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

He also has reduced eye motility, visual function and substantial field loss.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

In addition to insulin, Type 1 diabetics don't make another hormone, amylin, which slows gastric motility.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024

Experiments show that the motility of bull sperm is decreased by dinitrophenol, which interferes with the energy- coupling mechanism with inevitable loss of energy.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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