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visceral swallow

n.

An immature swallowing pattern, as of infants, marked by a thrust of the tongue and resembling the peristaltic, wavelike, muscular contractions observed in the gut.

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Nearby words

  1. visceral inversion,
  2. visceral larva migrans,
  3. visceral layer,
  4. visceral node,
  5. visceral sense,
  6. visceralgia,
  7. viscerally,
  8. viscero-,
  9. viscerogenic,
  10. visceroinhibitory
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