adjective
- lacking the ability to move or be moved
Usage: biology; medicine
Examples
- The immotile sperm cells were unable to fertilize the egg.
- Certain bacteria are immotile and remain fixed in one location.
- The patient’s immotile cilia caused respiratory problems.
- Immotile organisms rely on water currents for dispersal.
- The microscope revealed immotile parasites in the blood sample.
- Plants are generally immotile compared to animals.