peristalsis
- n the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
- In the digestive tract, the bacteria help regulate and restore peristalsis, the rhythmic motion of the intestine that pushes digested food through.
- The cathartic enters and stimulates peristalsis, the evacuating motion of the intestines.
- Like many a Westerner before him, he was impressed with such yogi feats as reversing peristalsis to take in fluids through the anus and urethra, but was depressed by the far-out .