English
hyperperistalsis
From hyper- + peristalsis.
Formed from hyper- + peristalsis
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to set’
Ancient Greek στέλλω ‘to make ready, to prepare’
Ancient Greek περιστέλλω ‘to wrap around’
Ancient Greek δύναμις περισταλτική ‘the action of the bowels by which their…’
English peristalsis
Today it means
noun An abnormally high rate of peristalsis
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperperistalsis