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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

Disrupting sympathetic nerve signaling improved motility issues but did not reduce pain.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 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

All their aunts have received Communications, and there they sit, with proof of the motility of consciousness at their fingertips, and the making of a new science.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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