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iso- +‎ peristaltic

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isoperistaltic (not comparable)

  1. (surgery, of a graft etc) Exhibiting peristalsis in the same direction
    • 2015 July 7, Andrea Pisani Ceretti et al., “Laparoscopic colonic resection for splenic flexure cancer: our experience”, in BMC Gastroenterology[1], volume 15, →DOI:
      In the latter case, the transverse colon was transected by linear stapler and an isoperistaltic side-to-side completely intracorporeal stapled anastomosis was maked[sic] (Fig. 3).