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Peristalsis

noun
(pl. peristalses)
1.
The process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along.  Synonym: vermiculation.





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... the day's fatigue and worries in nicotin, and put ourselves to sleep with an opiate. In these practises we are evidently trying in wrong ways to compensate respectively for insufficient sleep, insufficient peristalsis, indigestion, overfatigue, and insomnia—evils due, as previously explained, to upsetting Nature's balance, between ...
— How to Live - Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science • Irving Fisher and Eugene Fisk


Words linked to "Peristalsis" :   anastalsis, body process, activity, bodily function, bodily process


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