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Meaning of "peristalses" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERISTALSES

ˌpɛrɪˈstælsiːz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERISTALSES

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peristalses is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PERISTALSES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Peristalsis

Peristalsis is a radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles which propagates in a wave down a muscular tube, in an anterograde fashion. Peristalsis is often found in the contraction of smooth muscle tissue to propel food/chyme through a digestive tract, such as the human gastrointestinal tract. It is wave contraction of longitudinal and circular muscles preceded by wave relaxation of these muscles. Earthworms use a similar mechanism to drive their locomotion. The word comes from New Latin and is derived from the Greek peristallein, "to wrap around," from peri-, "around" + stallein, "to place". In much of the gastrointestinal tract, smooth muscle contracts in sequence to produce a peristaltic wave, which forces a ball of food along the gastrointestinal tract. Peristaltic movement is initiated by circular smooth muscles contracting behind the chewed material to prevent it from moving back into the mouth, followed by a contraction of longitudinal smooth muscles which pushes the digested food forward. Catastalsis is a related intestinal muscle process.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERISTALSES

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERISTALSES

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PERISTALSES

a bed of roses · accrued expenses · at cross-purposes · car expenses · courses · exercises · expenses · eyeglasses · glasses · horses · human rights abuses · losses · masses · metamorphoses · Moses · premises · senses · sunglasses · the masses · to all intents and purposes

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1,325 millions of speakers
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380 millions of speakers
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80 millions of speakers
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70 millions of speakers
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30 millions of speakers
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14 millions of speakers
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERISTALSES»

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The Physical Processes of Digestion
2001). The frequency of mass peristalses increases postprandially (Coulie et al. 2001; Ford et al. 1995). Mass peristalsis resembles small intestinal peristalsis in that there is coordinated contraction of circular and longitudinal muscle albeit in ...
Roger G. Lentle, Patrick W.M. Janssen, 2011
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Hormones, Brain and Behavior, Five-Volume Set
After four to six cycles, a slow retraction cycle is added consisting of anteriorly directed persitalses that resemble the abdominal peristalses observed at larval and pupal ecdysis. These peristalses are due to the contraction of the TSM in one  ...
‎2002
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Role of the neuropeptide, crustacean cardioactive peptide ...
A(ns); p> 0.05; (*) 0.01<p<0.05; (**) p< 0.01. Student's t-test. P/ A peristalses; Anteriorly directed peristaltic waves. A/P peristalses; Posteriorly directed peristaltic waves. Control DVP CoHapse^jr 11 CCAP Null Figure 4.3 Larval ecdysis 81.
Wendy Ann Hoose, 2007
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Clinicians' Guide to Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease
Thus gravity, primary and secondary peristalses help to clear off any refluxed material as soon as it enters into esophagus from stomach. Abnormalities are detected in esophageal motility in patients with GERD. They are; lower amplitude of ...
Manoj K Ghoda
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Schuster Atlas of Gastrointestinal Motility in Health and ...
Antrai peristalses normally occur at 3 cpm, the rate of the pacesetter potentials. Ill, when the food particles in suspension are less than 1 mm and caloric content and viscosity are appropriate, then antral peristaltic contractions (E) occurring at ...
Marvin Meier Schuster, Michael D. Crowell, Kenneth L. Koch, 2002
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Maternal Help-seeking Predicted by Knowledge of Resources, ...
This phase involves two sphincters and peristalses action. The upper (UES) and lower (LES) esophageal sphincters have to open in turn. Two types of peristalses occur to move the bolus along the pathway. Primary peristalsis occurs as part of ...
Amber Elizabeth Ehrlich, 2008
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Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory
Two types of the peristalsis are observed in the monopolypid bodies of this sea- pen, the downward and upward peristalses, and also two kinds of peristalses have been reported in the natural state in the adult colonies, one travelling upward ...
Kyōto Daigaku. Seto Rinkai Jikkenjo, 1976
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Medical Applications of Reflexology: Findings in Research ...
Therefore the gurgling sound suggests the status of peristalses. Under the normal condition, the frequency of gurgling sound is about 4-5 times every minute. The result listed in the table demonstrates that foot massage is very effective for the ...
Kevin Kunz, Barbara Kunz, 1999
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Acta Medica Okayama
Vagus stimulation increased the frequency of peristalses. Atropine, hexamethonium and tetrodotoxin abolished this excitatory effect. After atropine, inhibition of peristalses sensitive to tetrodotoxin was produced. Stimulation of sympathetic area ...
‎1990
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Japanese Journal of Zoology: Nihon Dōbutsugaku Shūhō
from the other organs, as most of these organs revealed such prominent muscular movements that they might disturb the observation of the peristalses of the midgut-gland itself. Moreover, the thin envelope of the gland was removed as it ...
‎1956

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERISTALSES»

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Bacteria: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Studies done with “Germ-Free” mice who have no microbiome have shown a decrease in gut peristalses, a decrease in body temperature, ... «Eastern Echo, Nov 14»
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