“antiperistaltic”的英英意思

单词 antiperistaltic
释义 antiperistaltic, a. Phys.|ˌæntɪpɛrɪˈstæltɪk|
[anti- 3.]
Contrary to peristaltic motion; acting upwards. (See quot.)
1706Phillips, Antiperistaltick Motion, an irregular Motion of the guts.1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v., As the peristaltic motion is a contraction of the fibres of two intestines from above, downwards; the antiperistaltic motion is their contraction from below, upwards.a1845Syd. Smith Plymley Lett. ix, They are nauseous, antiperistaltic, and emetical.

 

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