Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In medicine: Opposed to or checking peristaltic motion.
- Pertaining to or exhibiting antiperistalsis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to anteperistalsis.
- adjective That blocks or stops
peristalsis .
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Examples
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For the upward escape of food from the stomach an involuntary co-ordinated antiperistaltic cycle is necessary.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Such terrors would disgrace a cook-maid, or a toothless aunt -- when they fall from the lips of bearded and senatorial men, they are nauseous, antiperistaltic, and emetical.
Political Pamphlets George Saintsbury 1889
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