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

• Ameiuridae
• Ameiurus
• Ameiurus Melas
• Amelanchier
• Amelanchier alnifolia
• Amelanchier bartramiana
• amelia
• Amelia Earhart
• ameliorate
• ameliorating
• amelioration
• ameliorative
• ameliorator
• amelioratory
• ameloblast
• amelogenesis
• amen
• amen cadence
• amen corner
• Amen-Ra
• amenability
• amenable
• amenableness
• amenably
• amend