peristalsis

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

peristalsi

rigurgito

motilità del tubo digerente

motilità dello stomaco

motilità gastrointestinale

motilità intestinale

sinonimi

vermiculation

squirm

enterocinesia

regurgitation

twitch

wiggle

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

crawl

motion squirm

creep

creeping

Traduzioni

péristaltisme

peristalsis

peristaltismo

Peristaltik

περίσταλσις

peristalse

Motilität des Verdauungstraktes

dans le tube digestif

Magenmotilität

régurgitation

schlängelnde Bewegung

motricité de l’estomac

motricité de l’intestin

intestinale Motilität

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˌpɛɹɪˈstalsɪs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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”).