ANTIPERISTALSIS

Etymology

Noun

antiperistalsis (usually uncountable, plural antiperistalses)

(physiology) reversed peristalsis

(physiology) peristalsis occurring in the opposite direction of the way it typically occurs

Source: Wiktionary



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4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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