peristaltic是什么意思音标:英 [.peri'stæltik]

a. 蠕动的, 蠕动引起的
[医] 蠕动的

a. Appped to the pecupar wormpke 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.