Usually means: Movement opposite to normal peristalsis.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. antiperistaltic: Collins English Dictionary
  2. antiperistaltic: Wordnik
  3. antiperistaltic: Wiktionary
  4. antiperistaltic: Dictionary.com
  5. Antiperistaltic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. antiperistaltic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Antiperistaltic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. antiperistaltic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. antiperistaltic: Free Dictionary
  10. Antiperistaltic: Dictionary/thesaurus

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. antiperistaltic: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (antiperistaltic)

adjective:  (physiology) Of or relating to antiperistalsis.
adjective:  (pharmacology) That blocks or stops peristalsis.
noun:  A drug that blocks peristalsis.

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