English
hypoperistalsis
From hypo- + peristalsis.
Formed from hypo- + peristalsis
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 low rate of peristalsis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypoperistalsis