1. Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the intestines and other similar structures, produced by the successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement

Encyclopedia: Peristaltic

• cholecystitis
• cholecystokinin
• cholelithiasis
• cholelithotomy
• choler
• cholera
• cholera infantum
• cholera morbus
• choleraic
• choleric
• cholestasis
• cholesterin
• cholesterol
• cholesterosis cutis
• cholic acid
• choline
• cholinergic
• cholinesterase
• cholla
• Choloepus
• Choloepus didactylus
• Choloepus hoffmanni
• chomp
• chomping
• Chomsky