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MOBILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of moving freely
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("mobility" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mobility"):
locomotion; motive power; motivity (the power or ability to move)
motility (ability to move spontaneously and independently)
movability; movableness (the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged)
maneuverability; manoeuvrability (the quality of being maneuverable)
manipulability (the quality of being controllable by skilled movements of the hands)
restlessness (the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active)
Antonym:
immobility (the quality of not moving)
Derivation:
mobile (moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place))
mobile (migratory)
Context examples:
High mobility group protein HMG-R (179 aa, ~20 kDa) is encoded by the human HMGA1 gene.
(High Mobility Group Protein HMG-R, NCI Thesaurus)
High mobility group protein HMG-I (107 aa, ~12 kDa) is encoded by the human HMGA1 gene.
(High Mobility Group Protein HMG-I, NCI Thesaurus)
Autocrine mobility factor receptor (323 aa, 34 kD) is a cell motility process protein that is encoded by the human AMFR gene and has roles in cell motility and signal transduction.
(Autocrine Mobility Factor Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)
Treatments may help improve symptoms, relieve pain, and increase mobility.
(Degenerative Nerve Diseases, NIH)
Their mobility in bed and ability to get themselves in and out of bed improved as well.
(Spinal cord stimulation helps paralyzed people move hands, NIH)
The study team found no statistically significant differences in sperm concentration, mobility, shape and DNA quality between the placebo and antioxidant groups after three months.
(Antioxidant supplements do not improve male fertility, National Institutes of Health)
This gene is involved in signal transduction and the regulation of both cell mobility and morphology.
(PAK1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of globulin in plasma that in electrically charged solutions exhibits greatest colloidal mobility among that of serum globulins.
(Alpha-Globulin, NCI Thesaurus)
Their world-first trial has produced promising results for the majority of patients enrolled, they said, including a reduction in fatigue and improvements in mobility and vision.
(Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Developed in Australia Shows Promise, VOA)
By doing so, these plastic pellets become sponges for dirt, acting as vectors of the organic compounds, spreading pollution of marine wildlife, and reducing their growth, reproduction and mobility.
(Microplastic pollution adds to oceans’ problems, scidev.net)
