peristaltic
/.peri'stæltik/
📖 中文释义
- a. 蠕动的, 蠕动引起的
- [医] 蠕动的
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- a. Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the
- intestines and other similar structures, produced by the successive
- contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their
- contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement.