See Also: Peristaltic(medicine)
peristaltic(dictionary)

peristaltic (iou)



peristaltic adjective. M17.
[Greek peristaltikos clasping and compressing, from peristallein wrap up or round, formed as PERI- + stallein to place: see -IC.]
Of the nature of or involving peristalsis.
peristaltic pump: operating by means of a constriction that moves along a tube.
peristaltically adverb by or with peristaltic motion M19.