PERISTALTIC

Definition: PERISTALTIC

PERISTALTIC

Adjective

1. Applied to the peculiar wormlike 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synonyms within Context: PERISTALTIC

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Convolution	Involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed; labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine; peristaltic; daedalian; kinky, knotted.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: PERISTALTIC

English words defined with "PERISTALTIC": Peristole. (references)

Etymologies containing "PERISTALTIC": Peristalsis. (references)

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Modern Usage: PERISTALTIC

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	And if I spew, chances are someone else is gonna honk, alright? And if that happens it could set off a peristaltic chain reaction. (Saturday Night Live; writing credit: Doug Abeles; Leo Allen)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: PERISTALTIC

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Effective delivery and removal of solvent is facilitated by the use of an automatic peristaltic pump. Stones composed predominately of cholesterol can be cleared in hours to days. This technique is most often used in patients who are high surgical risks. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: PERISTALTIC

"PERISTALTIC" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PERISTALTIC" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	54	46,184

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: PERISTALTIC

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "PERISTALTIC": non-peristaltic.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PERISTALTIC

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
peristaltic pump	140
peristaltic	18
metering peristaltic pump	4
beverage peristaltic pump	4
peristaltic pump tubing	4
hose peristaltic pump	3
hose peristaltic	3
peristaltic pump small	3
dosing peristaltic pump	3
peristaltic sprayer	3
acid peristaltic pump	2
cost low peristaltic	2
equipment laundry peristaltic pump	2
peristaltic portable pump	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: PERISTALTIC

Language		Translations for "PERISTALTIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏تحوي. (various references)

Bulgarian		перисталтически. (various references)

Danish		peristaltisk. (various references)

Dutch		peristaltisch. (various references)

French		péristaltique (peristalsis), péristaliste. (various references)

German		peristaltisch. (various references)

Greek		περισταλτικόσ (restrictive), περισταλτικός (movement of the intestine, peristalsis, restricitve, restrictive). (various references)

Hungarian		féregszerûen összehúzódó. (various references)

Italian		peristaltico. (various references)

Pig Latin		eristalticpay

Portuguese		peristaltismo (peristalsis), peristáltico (peristyle). (various references)

Russian		перистальтический. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		peristaltički. (various references)

Spanish		peristáltico. (various references)

Swedish		peristaltisk. (various references)

Turkish		bağırsak hareketlerine ait. (various references)

Ukranian		перистальтичний. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: PERISTALTIC

Misspellings
	"PERISTALTIC" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: epistatic, periostitis, peristalic, persitaltic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "PERISTALTIC"

Words rhyming with "PERISTALTIC" (pronounced 'Per`i*stal"tic'): Archaistic, Argentic, Arrhaphostic, Asbestic, Aseptic, Aspartic, Asphaltic, Asphyctic, Astromantic, Atlantic, Atomistic, Autoclastic, Autoplastic, Bacchantic, Ballistic, Baltic, Baptistic, Bibliopegistic, Bibliopolistic, Bicrescentic, Brachycatalectic, Buddhistic, Bullantic, Fibrinoplastic, Formularistic, frantic, Fustic, galactic, Galvanocaustic, Galvanoplastic, Gelastic, Gestic, Gigantic, Glossoepiglottic, Glyptic, hedonistic, heuristic, humanistic, hypercatalectic, iconoclastic, ictic, idealistic, impressionistic, individualistic, Lettic, Lithontriptic, Lithotriptic, Locustic, Lustic, Mastodontic. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PERISTALTIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: triplicates.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-p-r-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: recitalist, triplicate, triticales.
	-2 letters: clarities, epistatic, eristical, lateritic, paltriest, particles, patristic, pearlitic, realistic, triplites, triticale.
	-3 letters: articles, artistic, calipers, ciliates, citrates, clatters, crispate, cristate, lattices, literati, paretics, parities, particle, partlets, perlitic, picrates, picrites, pilaster, piracies, plaister, plaiters, platiest, platters, practise, prattles, prelatic, priciest, recitals, replicas, reptilia, scattier, sceptral, septical, silicate, spectral, spiracle, splatter.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-p-r-s-t-t"
	+2 letters: antiparticles, paternalistic, precapitalist.
	+3 letters: practicalities, precapitalists, respectability, streptobacilli.
	+4 letters: introspectional, particularities, recapitulations, superplasticity.
	+5 letters: impracticalities, malpractitioners, operationalistic, practicabilities, predictabilities, respectabilities, thermoplasticity.
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