How to Use uterine in a Sentence

uterine

adjective
  • In 2018, the pair's seventh child, Oakleigh, died at birth as a result of a uterine rupture.
    Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The hemorrhage, on the other hand, was caused by uterine cancer.
    TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
  • For some uterine cancer patients, surgery isn't the best option.
    Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The cause was uterine cancer, said her husband, David Petersen.
    Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
  • How might the uterine environment leave a trauma trace in the offspring?
    Rachel Yehuda, Scientific American, 18 June 2022
  • Obese women have a 12-fold higher risk of uterine cancer.
    Matthew Herper, STAT, 8 June 2022
  • Kelsey Hatcher was born with two uteri, each with its own cervix — a condition known as uterine didelphys.
    Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The method would be able to catch ovarian, breast, cervical, and uterine cancer.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2022
  • This causes the uterine lining to stop thickening and to break down, detaching the embryo.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • This causes the uterine lining to stop thickening and to break down, detaching the embryo..
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 12 May 2022
  • The aim is to raise awareness around endometrial cancer, which is the most common form of uterine cancer.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 5 Apr. 2022
  • These drugs block the body from producing estrogen and progesterone, which cause the uterine lining to build up.
    Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 20 June 2023
  • Uterine sarcoma is a rare type of uterine cancer that forms in muscle or other tissues of the uterus.
    Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 2 Feb. 2022
  • In 2012, Butera was diagnosed with Stage IV uterine cancer.
    Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
  • For many people, uterine fibroids do not cause symptoms.
    Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
  • If uterine fibroids are causing excessive bleeding—and stress—try talking with your doctor about the best ways to work through it.
    Noel Cody, Essence, 4 Nov. 2021
  • There are possible more serious side effects, like blood clots, uterine cancer, and stroke, but these tend to be very rare.
    Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Compression and pressure from the parent's uterine walls, dilated cervix, and vaginal walls can cause the baby's head to swell.
    Maria Carter, Parents, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Jenny Mitchell was 28-years-old when she was diagnosed with uterine cancer.
    Malaika Jabali, Essence, 27 Oct. 2022
  • This causes the uterine lining to stop thickening and break down, detaching the embryo.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 29 June 2022
  • Addison is at Grey Sloan to perform the hospital's first surgical uterine transplant and taps Schmitt to scrub in with her.
    Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Misoprostol is taken 24 hours later and kick-starts uterine contractions that empty the contents of the uterus.
    Lux Alptraum, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Needless to say, the biggest moment of the night was Addison performing a uterine transplant.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Certain oral birth control pills also lower the production of prostaglandins in the uterine lining, which then reduces both blood flow and cramping.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 12 Oct. 2022
  • This temporary group of cells releases hormones that keep the uterine lining thick and ready for a fertilized egg to implant.
    News & Views, Health, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The risk of surgery outweighs the benefit if only used for prevention of uterine cancer in a woman with average risk.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2023
  • When Smith got her diagnosis, uterine cancer was not on the list of illnesses caused by the World Trade Center disaster.
    Sheila Cosgrove Baylis, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
  • Other strong muscles include the tongue, heart, uterine muscles, external eye muscles, and Soleus (a muscle found just below the calf).
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Kramer’s mother, who had helped him through his first bout with depression, died from uterine cancer nine months after Griffen’s death.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2023

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