the wave-like movements of the intestine, etc. caused when the muscles pull tight and relax (肠等的)蠕动 Word Originmid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek peristallein ‘wrap around’, from peri- ‘around’ + stallein ‘to place’.
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