περισταλτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περιστέλλω (peristéllō, I wrap up) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix to form an adjective).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

περισταλτικός • (peristaltikós) m (feminine περισταλτική, neuter περισταλτικόν); first/second declension

  1. clasping and compressing; δύναμις περισταλτική (dúnamis peristaltikḗ), the peristaltic action of the bowels, by which their contents are propelled.

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: peristalsis

References

περισταλτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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