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UK
/pˌɛɹɪstˈælsɪs/
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NOUN
- the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
How To Use peristalsis In A Sentence
- The initial colonization of the walls of the ureter is in areas of turbulent flow which leads to paralysis of peristalsis.
- Results: The frequency the strength and the rhythm is related to the peristalsis of the stomach.
- Failed peristalsis was commonly encountered in patients as well as controls.
- The oral administration of activated charcoal may effectively prevent systemic absorption of the combination for several hours after ingestion due to delayed gastric emptying and decreased peristalsis from the opiate and glutethimide combination. Loads
- Esophageal peristalsis can also be excited reflexly in the smooth muscle segment (but not in the striated muscle part), by transient distension of the organ, both in situ and in vitro.
- Then the coach entered a feeder tube and was squeezed to higher and higher speeds by the peristalsis of the feeder tube's sides. METAPLANETARY
- Capsule endoscopy uses a wireless video capsule that is swallowed by the patient and propelled by peristalsis.
- In applying the ear to the flank, on either the right or left side, certain bubbling sounds may be heard that are known as peristaltic sounds, because they are produced by peristalsis, or wormlike contraction of the intestines. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
- We don't know, after growing that only belong to adolescent peristalsis, he is not reality.
- In some men, this brought vomiting, but the most common reactions were waves of painful peristalsis in the gut, accompanied by tenesmus, a desire, but inability, to use the bathroom. A Furnace Afloat