💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Antiperistalsis"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| hyperperistalsisnoun | An abnormally high rate of peristalsis |
| dysperistalsisnoun | (medicine) Abnormal or painful peristalsis. |
| hypoperistalsisnoun | An abnormally low rate of peristalsis. |
| normoperistalsisnoun | A normal rate of peristalsis. |
| catastalsisnoun | (biology) The rhythmic contraction and relaxation of the muscle of the intestines. It resembles ordinary peristalsis but is not preceded by a zone of inhibition. It is mostly absolute now, covered by the term peristaltic wave. |
| peristasisnoun | (countable, architecture) A four-sided porch or hall of columns surrounding the cella in an Ancient Greek peripteros temple. |
| retropulsionnoun | (medicine) A tendency to step or walk backwards involuntarily, especially as a symptom of parkinsonism. |
| ileusnoun | (medicine, modern usage) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract, due to failure of peristalsis. |
| apocatastasisnoun | (religion) The doctrine that all souls will enter heaven or paradise, (Christianity) an Origenist doctrine condemned by the 543 C.E. Synod of Constantinople. |
| abdominocardiac reflexnoun | (medicine) A fluctuation in heart rhythm, associated with mechanical stimulus of the abdominal organs. |
| emprosthotonusnoun | (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward. |
| gastroplegianoun | (pathology) Synonym of gastroparesis. |
| bradygastrianoun | (physiology) A decrease in the cyclic electrical activity in the stomach. |
| enterostasisnoun | (medicine) Intestinal stasis; the stoppage of the food in its passage through the intestine. |
| coprostasisnoun | A fecal impaction |
| lateropulsionnoun | (medicine) a tendency to tilt or move sideways involuntarily |
| analepsynoun | (medicine) analepsis |
| paratonianoun | (medicine) A form of hypertonia with an involuntary variable resistance (i.e. reduced ability of a muscle to stretch) during passive movement. |
| transfernoun | (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another. |
| hyporeflexianoun | (medicine) Diminished function of one or more reflexes. |
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