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(Latin: from, away from, off; down; wholly, entirely, utterly, complete; reverse the action of, undo; the negation or reversal of the notion expressed in the primary or root word)
Word Entries containing the term: “reverse”
reverse peristalsis (s) (noun), reverse peristalses (pl)
Movement in the opposite direction to that which is normal: Reverse peristalsis consists of an intestinal squeezing that goes in a direction that is the opposite of what generally takes place during which the contents of the intestine are forced backward.
This entry is located in the following unit: -stalsis, -staltic (suffix) (page 1)