Synonyms & related words for antiperistalsis

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Words related to antiperistalsis

Explore words related to antiperistalsis — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include peristalsis, peristaltic, vermiculation, physiology, chyme, pneumogastric, enteron, physiologic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does antiperistalsis come from?

The word antiperistalsis breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: anti-, from Greek anti (“against, reversed”); peri-, from Greek peri (“around”); and stalsis, from Greek stellein (“to set, contract”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.