#antimotility
- Antiperistaltic — Opposing the normal peristaltic movements of the digestive tract, slowing down or reversing the muscular contractions of the stomach or intestines; an antiperistaltic drug structurally used in gastroenterology to halt spasms, acute diarrhea, or violent intestinal contractions. In a clinical sense, it describes both spasmolytic substances and the pathological phenomenon of retrograde digestive content movement.