Propulsatile

Quick meaning: Propulsatile is an adjective meaning (medicine) Serving to force the contents to move in a rapid outflow.

Meaning

(medicine) Serving to force the contents to move in a rapid outflow.

Example Sentences

Stimulation of MOR in the intestines reduces propulsatile and diminishes intestinal secretions.

Morphine reduces propulsatile activity in the small and large intestine and diminishes intestinal secretions.

Lymph hearts of lower vertebrates are propulsatile organs, whose main function is to pump the lymph from subcutaneous lymph sacs into the venous system.

A seminal bolus in the posterior urethra does not appear to be necessary to trigger propulsatile ejaculation after seminal emission, as evidenced by post-prostatectomy patients.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include impulsive, expulsatory, expulsive, expulsory, pulsific, fast-moving.

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