Antiperistalsis
reversed peristaltic action of the intestines, by which their contents are carried upward.
noun (physiol)
contractions of the intestine that force the contents in the opposite direction to the normal
antiperistalsis an·ti·per·i·stal·sis (ān’tē-pěr’ĭ-stôl’sĭs, -stāl’-, ān’tī-)
n.
see reversed peristalsis.
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