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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along;
[syn: peristalsis, vermiculation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peristalsis \Per`i*stal"sis\, n. [NL. See Peristaltic.] (Physiol.) Peristaltic contraction or action. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

peristalsis n 1: the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along [syn: peristalsis, vermiculation] [ant: anastalsis]