antiperistalsis

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Etymology[edit]

anti- +‎ peristalsis

Noun[edit]

antiperistalsis (usually uncountable, plural antiperistalses)

  1. (physiology) reversed peristalsis
  2. (physiology) peristalsis occurring in the opposite direction of the way it typically occurs

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