How to Use prostaglandin in a Sentence

prostaglandin

noun
  • NSAIDs stop your body from making prostaglandins, which curbs swelling and pain.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 7 May 2024
  • The concentration of prostaglandins in semen may be too low to affect the cervix, Dr. Schaffir said.
    Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
  • This results in the reduction of prostaglandins, which play a key role in pain and inflammation.
    sun-sentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • However, prostaglandins also help protect the lining of the stomach from damage caused by the acid in it that helps break down food.
    Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 10 July 2023
  • Diligently paint on that prostaglandin analog, in the form of a product like Latisse, and then clamp on Beldue's contraption.
    Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Your period can cause diarrhea because of prostaglandins, hormone-like substances from the cells in the lining of your uterus.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 16 June 2018
  • The prevailing theory behind cramps is a group of compounds called prostaglandins.
    Calli McMurray, STAT, 17 Feb. 2023
  • This is led by a peptide trio and vegan keratin instead of prostaglandin to promote longer, stronger, thicker hairs.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 June 2023
  • Misoprostol is a prostaglandin – a compound that has hormone-like effects on the body – that helps soften and dilate the cervix to expel the pregnancy.
    Grace Shih, Chron, 27 July 2022
  • The pain comes from prostaglandins, chemical compounds produced during the ovulation cycle, which can cause cramps as the muscle of the uterus — the myometrium — squeezes down to get the blood out.
    Perri Klass, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Seven days after, the researchers injected prostaglandin to initiate a new run and get her into heat.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Its active ingredient is a prostaglandin analog that’s been used for years to treat glaucoma.
    Jolene Edgar, Town & Country, 8 June 2017
  • That’s noteworthy, since certain substances that activate a prostaglandin receptor (aka prostaglandin analogs) are known to boost hair growth, says Dr. King.
    Renee Cherry, Women's Health, 26 July 2023
  • In fact, prostaglandins are also used in medical inductions.
    Parents Editors, Parents, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The lash-growth treatment, Latisse, for example, contains a prostaglandin analog called bimatoprost.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The reason? Prostaglandins — the same chemicals that trigger cramps — can also cause your intestines to contract, giving you that gotta-go-now feeling.
    Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 10 July 2017
  • Several of these compounds, such as prostaglandins, are known to trigger sickness behaviors.
    Bycatherine Offord, science.org, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But as the uterine lining is shed (and bleeding continues), the prostaglandin level drops, which is why pain tends to become less intense after the first few days of menstruation.
    Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Ibuprofen lowers your levels of prostaglandins, which are the hormone-like substances that trigger uterine cramping and cause pain and inflammation.
    Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 6 Sep. 2018
  • Healy says to avoid hormone ingredients, sometimes listed as prostaglandins.
    Jesa Marie Calaor, ELLE, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The cells that form the uterine lining begin to break down and flood your system with inflammatory substances called prostaglandins, the culprit behind cramps and inflammation.
    Kristin Canning, Women's Health, 10 May 2023
  • What's new in eyelashes is a synthetic prostaglandin analog called bimatoprost.
    Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
  • It is then followed by misoprostol, a prostaglandin that induces uterine contractions, which expel the pregnancy.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Specific substances in the body, such as prostaglandins (a group of lipid compounds with hormone-like effects), can also lower nociceptive thresholds.
    Jennifer Chesak, Verywell Health, 24 June 2024
  • In return, osteocytes make prostaglandin E2, which promotes muscle growth, on a regular basis.
    Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Past studies have linked a labor-inducing chemical produced by oral bacteria, called prostaglandin, to premature births and low birth weight.
    Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2014
  • This process involves washing it to remove unwanted substances like non-motile sperm, white blood cells and prostaglandins (hormone-like chemicals that can cause painful cramping when deposited into the uterus).
    Christina Caron, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
  • By turning down the prostaglandin spigot, aspirin prevents thousands of heart attacks every year and probably stops a significant number of tumors from forming in the first place.
    Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
  • Labor is a complicated process that involves the release of hormones like oxytocin and hormone-like chemicals called prostaglandins, both of which cause uterine contractions.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Higher levels of prostaglandins are associated with more severe cramps.
    Ashley Martens, Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023

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