hypermotility en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilislbor. English -ile English motile Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English motility English hypermotility From hyper- + motility.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being hypermotile.
Activation of the PI3k/Akt pathway by membrane progestin receptor-alpha stimulated sperms leads to hypermotility in Atlantic croaker.
2015 August 5, “Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes and Signaling Pathways between XY and YY Testis in Yellow Catfish”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: