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The process of wave-like muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
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peristalsis
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Wikipedia
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Peristalsis is a radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagates in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction. In much of a digestive tract such as the human gastrointestinal tract , smooth muscle tissue contracts in sequence ...
Wiktionary
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n. (context medicine English) The rhythmic, wave-like contraction of the digestive tract that forces food through it.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1859, Modern Latin peristalsis ; see peristaltic .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process of wave-like muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along [syn: vermiculation ] [ant: anastalsis ] [also: peristalses (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peristalsis \Per`i*stal"sis\, n. [NL. See Peristaltic .] (Physiol.) Peristaltic contraction or action.
Usage examples of peristalsis.
The rocks were rubbing against the car under peristalsis, trying to break it down into smaller pieces for the murky digestive juices to work on.
Oubliette was sucking on the mouth-organ and clenching her sphincter on the anus-organ and performing her patented peristalsis on the center pipe organ.