Call your doctor right away if you have any of the following: 1  Fever above 101.5Â°F. 2  Diarrhea that lasts more than 3 days. 3  Nausea and vomiting that wonât go away.  Pain in your abdomen that gets worse or isnât relieved by pain 1  medication. Drainage or redness around your incision.
ballismus[bal-izâ²mÅ­s] 1. A type of involuntary movement affecting the proximal limb musculature, manifested in jerking, flinging movements of the extremity; caused by a lesion of or near the contralateral subthalamic nucleus. Usually only one side of the body is involved, resulting in hemiballismus.
Robots have been designed that use peristalsis to achieve locomotion, as the earthworm uses it. Related terms. Catastalsis is a related intestinal muscle process. Aperistalsis refers to a lack of propulsion. It can result from achalasia of the smooth muscle involved. Basal electrical rhythm is a slow wave of electrical activity that can initiate a contraction. Ileus is a disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract caused by the failure of peristalsis. Notes and references