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

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024