peristalsis

peristalsis(
peh
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rih
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stal
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sihs
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la peristalsis
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Peristalsis is one of the miracles of the human body. Without it, we wouldn't be able to get food from our mouths to our stomachs.La peristalsis es uno de los milagros del cuerpo humano. Sin ella, no podríamos pasar la comida de la boca al estómago.
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