| DISTAL | • distal adj. (Anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin. • distal adj. (Dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw. • distal adj. (Linguistics) Far or farther from the speaker. |
| MISTAL | • mistal n. (UK, Northern England) A cowshed. • MISTAL n. (English dialect) a cow shed. |
| VISTAL | • vistal adj. (Rare) Relating to a vista. • VISTAL adj. pertaining to a vista. |
| MISTALS | • mistals n. Plural of mistal. • MISTAL n. (English dialect) a cow shed. |
| DISTALLY | • distally adv. Towards a distal part. • DISTAL adv. remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle. |
| VISTALESS | • vistaless adj. Without a vista. • VISTALESS adj. without a vista. |
| PERISTALITH | • peristalith n. A series of standing stones surrounding a barrow or burial mound. • PERISTALITH n. a prehistoric stone circle. |
| PERISTALSES | • peristalses n. Plural of peristalsis. • PERISTALSIS n. the movement of the food through the gut. |
| PERISTALSIS | • peristalsis n. (Medicine) The rhythmic, wave-like contraction and relaxation of muscles so as to propagate motion… • PERISTALSIS n. the movement of the food through the gut. |
| PERISTALTIC | • peristaltic adj. (Physiology) of or pertaining to peristalsis. • PERISTALTIC adj. relating to peristalsis. |
| PERISTALITHS | • peristaliths n. Plural of peristalith. • PERISTALITH n. a prehistoric stone circle. |
| ANTIPERISTALSES | • antiperistalses n. Plural of antiperistalsis. • ANTIPERISTALSIS n. the action of intestinal waves of contraction contrary to normal, from anus to mouth, forcing the contents of the intestine upwards. |
| ANTIPERISTALSIS | • antiperistalsis n. (Physiology) reversed peristalsis. • antiperistalsis n. (Physiology) peristalsis occurring in the opposite direction of the way it typically occurs. • ANTIPERISTALSIS n. the action of intestinal waves of contraction contrary to normal, from anus to mouth, forcing the contents of the intestine upwards. |
| ANTIPERISTALTIC | • antiperistaltic adj. (Physiology) Of or relating to antiperistalsis. • antiperistaltic adj. (Pharmacology) That blocks or stops peristalsis. • antiperistaltic n. A drug that blocks peristalsis. |
| PERISTALTICALLY | • peristaltically adv. In terms of, or by means of, peristalsis. • PERISTALTIC adv. relating to peristalsis. |