See Also: peristalsis(medicine)
Peristalsis(health)
peristalsis(dictionary)
peristalsis(encyclopedia)
mass peristalsis(medicine)
reversed peristalsis(medicine)

peristalsis (iou)



peristalsis noun. M19.
[Back-form. from PERISTALTIC.]
The involuntary muscular movement of the intestines and some other tubular organs by which their contents are propelled along, consisting of waves of alternate circular constrictions and relaxations.