en peristalsis

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, JMDict 1.07, German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ca peristaltisme (n, process) ➜
  • en vermiculation (n, process) ➜
  • eu peristaltismo (n, process) ➜
  • fa کرم خوردگی (n, process) ➜
  • fi peristaltiikka (n, process) ➜
  • fr péristaltisme (n, process) ➜
  • id peristalsis (n, process) ➜
  • id peristaltik (n, process) ➜
  • id vermikulasi (n, process) ➜
  • it peristalsi (n, process) ➜
  • ja 蠕動 (a) ➜
  • ja 蠕動 (n, process) ➜
  • ja 蠕動運動 (n) ➜
  • ms peristalsis (n, process) ➜
  • th การบีบรูด (n, process) ➜
  • de peristaltik (n) ➜
  • be перыстальтыка ➜
  • bg перисталтика ➜
  • cs peristaltika ➜
  • da peristaltik ➜
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Related terms

  • cs peristaltika (n) ➜
  • en antiperistalsis (n) ➜
  • en antiperistaltic (a) ➜
  • en aperistalsis (n) ➜
  • en catastalsis (n) ➜
  • en diastalsis (n) ➜
  • en dysperistalsis (n) ➜
  • en hyperperistalsis (n) ➜
  • en hypoperistalsis (n) ➜
  • en ileus (n) ➜
  • en isoperistaltic (a) ➜
  • en megaesophagus (n) ➜
  • en normoperistalsis (n) ➜
  • en peristalses (n) ➜
  • en contraction ➜
  • en digestive tract ➜
  • en rhythmic ➜
  • fr péristaltisme ➜
  • en peristaltic (a) ➜
  • en peristaltically (r) ➜
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Derived terms

  • en antiperistalsis ➜
  • en hyperperistalsis ➜
  • en hypoperistalsis ➜
  • en normoperistalsis ➜
  • en retroperistalsis ➜

peristalsis is a type of…

  • en bodily process (n, process) ➜
  • en a part of the digestive process ➜
  • en serial contractions of muscles ➜
  • en a slow wavelike motion ➜

Context of this term

  • en medicine ➜
  • fr médecine ➜

Word forms

  • en peristalses (n) ➜

Things that require peristalsis

  • en Proper human body functioning ➜

Subevents of peristalsis

  • en eating a hamburger ➜

Etymologically related

  • grc δυναμισ ➜
  • grc περι ➜
  • grc περιστελλω ➜
  • grc στελλω ➜

Etymological roots of "peristalsis"

  • grc περισταλτικη ➜

peristalsis can be…

  • en affected by fasting ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 113555976-n
  • en.wiktionary.org peristalsis
  • fr.wiktionary.org peristalsis
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