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antiperistalsis

antiperistalsis noun: reversed peristalsis.

Noun

antiperistalsis (usually uncountable, plural antiperistalses)

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

antiperistalsis meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

antiperistalsis in Tamil

குடலின் எதிர் இயக்கம், எதிரலைவியக்கம், குடலலை எதிர்ப்பிகள், முறையடக்கி

antiperistalsis in Indonesian

peristalsis in the opposite direction
antiperistalsis

Forms of antiperistalsis

pluralantiperistalses

Origin of antiperistalsis

From anti- + peristalsis.

Questions about antiperistalsis

What does antiperistalsis mean?
Antiperistalsis means reversed peristalsis.
What is antiperistalsis in Tamil?
Antiperistalsis in Tamil is குடலின் எதிர் இயக்கம், எதிரலைவியக்கம், குடலலை எதிர்ப்பிகள். See Antiperistalsis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is antiperistalsis?
Antiperistalsis is a noun.
What is the plural of antiperistalsis?
The plural of antiperistalsis is antiperistalses.

Words near antiperistalsis in the dictionary

  1. antiperiodic
  2. antiperiodicity
  3. antiperiodics
  4. antiperiplanar
  5. antiperistalses
  6. antiperistalsis
  7. antiperistaltic
  8. antiperistaltics
  9. antiperistases
  10. antiperistasis
  11. antiperistatic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antiperistalsis (page history and authors); antiperistalsis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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