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Definition of Peristaltic
1. a. Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the intestines and other similar structures, produced by the successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement.
Definition of Peristaltic
1. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to peristalsis. ¹
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Definition of Peristaltic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Peristaltic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Peristaltic
Literary usage of Peristaltic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1850)
"This remedy is often more effectual, in exciting peristaltic action in such cases,
... "This cessation of peristaltic action, I may confidently assert, ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"With regard to the exact manner in which the presence of food provokes peristaltic
movements it may be worth while to remark, that, though in the stomach as ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1856)
"On peristaltic Induction of Electric Currents in Submarine Telegraph Wires.
By Professor W. THOMSON, MA, FRS Recent examinations of the propagation of ..."
4. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1889)
"This is well seen in obstruction of the bowels in which cases the bowel distended
above the obstruction is frequently thrown into violent peristaltic ..."
5. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines by Robert Coleman Kemp (1910)
"Hypermotility in itself does not produce any special gastric symptoms. peristaltic
RESTLESSNESS OF THE STOMACH (KUSSMAUL) (Synonyms.—peristaltic Unrest ..."
6. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: designed for the use of by William Osler (1892)
"(b) peristaltic Unrest.—This condition, as described by Kussmaul, ... Shortly after
eating the peristaltic movements of the stomach are increased, ..."
7. Mathematical and Physical Papers: Collected from Different Scientific by Baron William Thomson Kelvin, Sir Joseph Larmor, James Prescott Joule (1884)
"ON peristaltic INDUCTION OF ELECTRIC CURRENTS IN SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH WIRES.
RECENT examinations of the propagation of electricity through wires in ..."
8. A Treatise on physiology and hygiene by John Call Dalton (1887)
"peristaltic Movements of the Stomach.—Composition of the Gastric Juice. ...
peristaltic Movement of Intestine.—Changes of Food in die Alimentary Canal. ..."
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