locomotor

[ loh-kuh-moh-ter ]

adjective

Also lo·co·mo·to·ry. of, relating to, or affecting locomotion.

noun

a person or thing that is capable of locomotion.

Origin of locomotor

First recorded in 1815–25; see origin at locomotive, motor

Words Nearby locomotor

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How to use locomotor in a sentence

At times locomotor ataxia begins with very severe pain seizures, known as crises.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley
Hence it is that paresis and locomotor ataxia are comparatively quite common among actors, brokers, and financiers.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley
A physician wrote me, taking me to task for listing among the cures reported in my tabulation a case of locomotor ataxia.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton Sinclair
The granular amœboid cells represent the nutritive forms, and the ciliated cells represent the locomotor and respiratory forms.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
Thenceforth the upper limb was emancipated entirely from its locomotor functions.
Prehistoric Man | W. L. H. Duckworth

British Dictionary definitions for locomotor

locomotor

/ (ˌləʊkəˈməʊtə) /

adjective

of or relating to locomotion

Origin of locomotor

C19: from Latin locō from a place, ablative of locus place + motor (mover)

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