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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 peri·stal·tic /-tɪk/
 (a.)蠕動的

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 peri·stal·tic /-tɪk/ 形容詞
 蠕動的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Per·i·stal·tic a.  Physiol. Pertaining to a wormlike wave motion of the intestines, and by analogy, of other flexible tubular structures.  In the body it is produced by a progressive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards in the direction of the wave; as, peristaltic movement. -- Per*i*stal*tic*al*ly adv.
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