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Definition: ANTIPERISTALTIC

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Antiperistaltic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: ANTIPERISTALTIC

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Opposed to peristaltic; retroverted, as in vomiting; as, the antiperistaltic motion of the intestines.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary 1: [Adjective] Of or relating to anteperistalsis. (references)
  2: [Adjective] That blocks or stops peristalsis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: ANTIPERISTALTIC

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ANTIPERISTALTIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: ANTIPERISTALTIC

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Opposed to peristaltic; retroverted, as in vomiting; as, the antiperistaltic motion of the intestines.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary1: [Adjective] Of or relating to anteperistalsis. (references)
 2: [Adjective] That blocks or stops peristalsis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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