PERISTALSIS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the process of wave-like muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
   Synonym(s)
   • vermiculation (what does vermiculation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) peristalsis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bodily process (what does bodily process mean?)
   • body process (what does body process mean?)
   • bodily function (what does bodily function mean?)
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • anastalsis (what does anastalsis mean?)