Meanings
- not comparablemedicineServing to force the contents to move in a rapid outflow.
Stimulation of MOR in the intestines reduces propulsatile and diminishes intestinal secretions.
2016, Gary S. Firestein, Ralph Budd, Sherine E Gabriel, Kelley and Firestein's Textbook of Rheumatology, →ISBN, page 10843 more examples
Lymph hearts of lower vertebrates are propulsatile organs, whose main function is to pump the lymph from subcutaneous lymph sacs into the venous system.
1998, Russian Journal of Developmental Biology - Volume 29, page 307A 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.
2010, Christopher M. Bono, Diana D. Cardenas, Frederick S. Frost, Spinal Cord Medicine, Second Edition: Principles & Practice, →ISBN, page 414Morphine reduces propulsatile activity in the small and large intestine and diminishes intestinal secretions.
2011, Laurence Brunton, Bruce Chabner, Bjorn Knollman, Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, →ISBN, page 496
Origin
From Medieval Latin propulsio (“term”), from Latin past participle of propello (“to drive forward, drive forth, drive away, drive out”).
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