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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.
[See Peristaltic.]
Opposed to peristaltic; retroverted, as in vomiting; as, the antiperistaltic motion of the intestines.

Definition 2024


antiperistaltic

antiperistaltic

English

Adjective

antiperistaltic (not comparable)

  1. (physiology) Of or relating to anteperistalsis.
  2. (pharmacology) That blocks or stops peristalsis.

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