peristalsis

Bedeutung (Englisch)

The rhythmic, wave-like contraction and relaxation of muscles so as to propagate motion, as of food in the digestive tract.

Konzepte

Peristaltik

Regurgitation

schlängelnde Bewegung

Magenmotilität

Motilität des Verdauungstraktes

gastrointestinale Motilität

intestinale Motilität

Synonyme

vermiculation

pushing of food though the body

crawling like a worm

enterokinesia

digestive tract motility

gastrointestinal motility

intestinal motility

stomach motility

peristaltic movement

creeping motion

movements of the bowel

creeping motion squirm

motion squirm

Übersetzungen

περίσταλσις

motricité de l’estomac

dans le tube digestif

motricité gastro-intestinale

motilità del tubo digerente

motilità dello stomaco

motilità gastrointestinale

motricité gastrique

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˌpɛɹɪˈstalsɪs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From Ancient Greek δύναμις περισταλτική (dúnamis peristaltikḗ, “the action of the bowels by which their contents are propelled”) , from περιστέλλω (peristéllō, “to wrap around”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to make ready, to prepare”).

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