Sentence examples for uterus against from inspiring English sources

Also, to protect the uterus against cancer, estrogen should be combined with a progestin.

This provides a protective seal for the uterus against the entry of pathogens and against leakage of uterine fluids.

During this period of local immune suppression, genes of the innate immune response (in particular, antimicrobial genes) may function to protect the uterus against infection.

Remarkably, 81.8% of D. melanogaster DGRP-357 mated females had an egg in their uterus (against 22.7% of D. melanogaster wild-type Berlin; p < 0.0001, chi-squared test); many eggs showed an advanced embryonic development and even hatched inside the female reproductive tract.

Many genes of the adaptive immune response that were up-regulated may function to induce immune tolerance to the embryo, while genes of the innate immune response (in particular, antimicrobial genes) may function to protect the uterus against infection during a time of local immune suppression.

In females, arsenate induced marked increases in the incidence and severity of cystic hyperplasia of the uterus compared against controls.

Re "Americans Get Reacquainted With IUDs" (Personal Health, Feb. 28): A non-birth-control use of the hormonal IUD has been practiced among a group of postmenopausal baby boomers for at least a decade, the purpose being to provide localized progestin to the uterus for protection against uterine cancer for those using estrogen-patch hormone replacement therapy long term.

Rupture the amniotic sac, and grasp the hind leg that was just pulled out in the previous step, holding the uterus in position against the outer incision.

Dr. Charles Henry Felix Routh argued that Barnes's diagnosis was "guess work," and claimed that "the mere fact" that this patient might not have a uterus was "no argument against its being a woman".

Hippopotamuses and pigs have an epitheliochorial placenta, a layer of fetal tissue merely pressed close against the uterus wall, but camels and ruminants possess a syndesmochorial placenta, in which the epithelium of the maternal tissues is eroded to facilitate intercommunication.

This herbaceous perennial plant species commonly known as wood avens or St. Benedict's herb [3] has been recommended since ancient times in the folk medicine for treating of gastro-intestinal diseases, disorders of the liver, biliary tract and uterus, as well as against hemorrhoids [4, 5].