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peristalsis has 1 distinct synonym spread across 1 of its 1 sense. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is anastalsis.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for peristalsis come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.