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ANASTALSIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does anastalsis mean?

• ANASTALSIS (noun)
The noun ANASTALSIS has 1 sense:

1. muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis

Familiarity information: ANASTALSIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ANASTALSIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("anastalsis" is a kind of...):

activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

Antonym:

peristalsis (the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along)

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