peristalsis, vermiculation
(noun) the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
Source: WordNet® 3.1
peristalsis (countable and uncountable, plural peristalses)
(medicine) The rhythmic, wave-like contraction and relaxation of muscles so as to propagate motion, as of food in the digestive tract.
• enterocinesia
• vermiculation (dated)
Source: Wiktionary
Per`i*stal"sis, n. Etym: [NL. See Peristaltic.] (Physiol.)
Definition: Peristaltic contraction or action.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
