Associations to the word «Peristalsis»

Wiktionary

PERISTALSIS, noun. (medicine) The rhythmic, wave-like contraction of the digestive tract that forces food through it.

Dictionary definition

PERISTALSIS, noun. The process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats