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Noun Concept

Categories: Digestive system

peristalsis vermiculation Esophageal peristalsis GO:0030432 gut motility

The process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along WordNet 3.0

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The process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Peristalsis is a type of intestinal motility, characterized by radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagate in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction. Wikipedia

A wavelike sequence of muscular contraction and relaxation that passes along a tubelike structure, such as a vertebrate intestine, or the body of an earthworm Wikidata

The rhythmic, wave-like contraction and relaxation of muscles so as to propagate motion, as of food in the digestive tract. Wiktionary

Rhythmic contraction of the digestive tract. Wiktionary (translation)

Peristalsis (“wave-like contraction of the digestive tract, resembling the movement of a worm”). Wiktionary

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peristalsis, vermiculation