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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CatalanHyphenation 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:
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Words that rhyme with peristalsis
anastalsis, antiperistalsis, aperistalsis, bradystalsis, diastalsis, hyperperistalsis, retrostalsis
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