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Webster 1913 Edition
Antiperistaltic
Anˊti-perˊi-stal′tic
(ănˊtĭ-pĕrˊĭ-stăl′tĭk)
, Adj.
(Med.)
Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; – applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.
Webster 1828 Edition
Antiperistaltic
ANTIPERISTAL'TIC
,Adj.
Opposed to peristaltic; retroverted, as in vomiting; as, the antiperistaltic motion of the intestines.
Definition 2024
antiperistaltic
antiperistaltic
English
Adjective
antiperistaltic (not comparable)
- (physiology) Of or relating to anteperistalsis.
- (pharmacology) That blocks or stops peristalsis.
Translations
of or relating to anteperistalsis
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that blocks or stops peristalsis
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