peristalsis

IPA: pˈɛrʌstæɫsʌs

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

Examples of "peristalsis" in Sentences

This increases the minute muscle contractions, also called peristalsis, necessary for good elimination.
It is this rolling or pushing motion, called peristalsis, that facilitates elimination through the colon.
Anthraquinones trigger contractions in the colon, called peristalsis, which causes the urge to have a bowel movement.
Even when empty, our stomach - our entire digestive tract, in fact - makes a wavelike muscular contraction called peristalsis.
Not through gravity or little food-carrying gremlins but through a process called peristalsis—a rhythmic contraction of smooth muscle in your gut that moves the lump of food the bolus down through the esophagus and into the intestines.
The oral administration of activated charcoal may effectively prevent systemic absorption of the combination for several hours after ingestion due to delayed gastric emptying and decreased peristalsis from the opiate and glutethimide combination.