peristalse
Portuguese, noun
peristalse is spelled P-E-R-I-S-T-A-L-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese, the 209,413th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peristalse is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “peristalsis (rhythmic contraction of the digestive tract)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does peristalse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperistalsis (rhythmic contraction of the digestive tract)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of peristalse
- peristalses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to peristalse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peristalse in Portuguese?
peristalse appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).