peristalsis

Meaning of peristalsis

noun

The rhythmic, wave-like contraction and relaxation of muscles so as to propagate motion, as of food in the digestive tract.

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Hyphenation of peristalsis

peri-stal-sis

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • peristalsis is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

peristalsis synonyms

Meaning vermiculation:

vermiculation

Meaning :

enterocinesia

Words that rhyme with peristalsis

anastalsis, antiperistalsis, aperistalsis, bradystalsis, diastalsis, hyperperistalsis, retrostalsis

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