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motility

[moh-til-i-tee] / moʊˈtɪl ɪ ti /






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Orange juice delivers roughly the same sugar as a can of soda, stripped of the fiber found in whole fruit that slows absorption and increases gut motility.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026

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

The study, published in the journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, suggests that sperm's motility levels remain consistent across different climates, instead changing with the seasons.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

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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