peristaltic

Meanings

• A type of wave motion in the intestines or in artificial tubes, characterized by the simultaneous contraction of the circular muscle and relaxation of the longitudinal muscle, causing the contents of the tube to be moved in a forward direction.

  - "The peristaltic waves in the intestines help to move food through the digestive tract."
  - "In medical devices, peristaltic pumps are used to move fluids through a tube by creating peristaltic waves in the tube walls."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with peristaltic
peristatics , obliterates , constricate , frustrate , annihilate , comminute , eviscerate , excavate , amalgamate

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. peristaltic and persistatic, peristaltic and pistachio, peristaltic and perspicacious, peristaltic and periodic, peristaltic and prostatic
   

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Variants

List of all variants of peristaltic that leads to same result
peristaltic , peristaltic pump , peristaltic pumps

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

From the Greek word 'peristallein', meaning 'to surround and pass through'.

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