How to Use nonhormonal in a Sentence

nonhormonal

adjective

• This noise has gotten louder with the arrival of Phexxi, a new nonhormonal birth control method.
  — Anna Maltby, ELLE, 3 Feb. 2022
• Copper IUDs, the only nonhormonal option, make the lining of the uterus inhospitable to sperm.
  — Ginny Graves, Allure, 8 Apr. 2019
• And nonhormonal options such as the copper coil have been reported as painful to insert and tied to longer, heavier periods.
  — Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ, 24 May 2018
• Doctors who treat menopause are waiting for the F.D.A.’s review of a drug up for approval this month: a nonhormonal drug that would target the complex of neurons thought to be involved in triggering hot flashes.
  — Susan Dominus, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
• Georg’s lab at the University of Minnesota made a nonhormonal contraceptive in 2015 that will likely be tested in men for the first time later this year.
  — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2023
• However, the type of birth control—hormonal versus nonhormonal—will likely play a large role.
  — Ashley Abramson, SELF, 7 July 2022
• Switch to nonhormonal birth control; if your doctor agrees, try bioidentical hormones for menopausal migraines.
  — Alexis Reliford, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2017
• Our modification is a big step forward in the process of developing a nonhormonal male birth control pill.
  — Smithsonian, 31 Jan. 2018
• Aaron Hamlin is executive director of the Male Contraception Initiative, a nonprofit that funds and advocates for nonhormonal male birth control.
  — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2017
• Another nonhormonal method involves reversibly blocking the vas deferens, an organ that transports sperm for ejaculation.
  — Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
• For a more targeted acne treatment, Zeichner suggests topical dapsone, found in Aczone, a treatment for both hormonal and nonhormonal acne that's gentle enough for those with irritation-prone skin.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Allure, 16 Oct. 2017
• Your Choice Therapeutics and Eppin Pharma are also pursuing nonhormonal forms of male contraception.
  — Wired, 24 July 2022
• These nonhormonal early versions probably worked by interfering with ovulation, fertilization, or implantation by causing mild inflammation of the endometrium.
  — Carolyn Todd, Allure, 12 July 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024