(a.) Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.
(n.) A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.
Example Sentences:
(1) The technique is facilitated by an amazingly low tendency to bleeding.
(2) One must be suspicious of any gingival lesion, particulary if there is a sudden onset of bleeding or hyperplasia.
(3) Classical treatment combining artificial delivery or uterine manual evacuation-oxytocics led to the arrest of bleeding in 73 cases.
(4) If the latter is not readily correctable or if the patient is bleeding actively, anticoagulation with intermittent administration of heparin by the intravenous route is indicated.
(5) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
(6) A newborn presenting with persistent umbilical stump bleeding should be screened for factor XIII deficiency when routine coagulation tests prove normal.
(7) The conus was found to contribute little to forward flow under ordinary circumstances, but its contribution increased greatly during bleeding or partial occlusion of the truncus.
(8) The antibody-hapten profiles revealed that the DNCB-fed animalss contained predominatly IgG2 in their serum by the time of their initial bleedings, whereas sensitized animals still contained a considerable proportion of more acidic antibodies having marked charge heterogeneity.
(9) As to complications they recorded in one case mucosal bleeding after gastrofiberoptic polypectomy and in one case a covered perforation of the sigmoid at the site of colonoscopic polypectomy.
(10) Prolongation of bleeding time did not correlate with degree of thrombocytosis.
(11) A prospective randomized trial involving 64 patients with bleeding peptic ulcers was performed to assess the efficacy of two modalities of injection therapy.
(12) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
(13) Following a dosage of 300,000 IU streptokinase the lysis was stopped because of severe bleeding from the urethrotomy scar.
(14) All 15 patients survived, and exploration of the cannulation site for bleeding was required in three patients.
(15) These findings imply that if bleeding occurs following revascularization, in addition to the use of replacement blood products, treatment should be directed at reducing the consumptive coagulopathy and inhibiting fibrinolysis.
(16) Early postoperative problems following aorto-ilio-femoral thrombendarterectomy include occlusion, bleeding and emboli.
(17) The use of the first oversulfation method provides slightly oversulfated derivatives which exhibit strong anticoagulant properties and may constitute effective antithrombotic drugs with no bleeding tendency, a side effect perhaps related to a high rate of sulfation.
(18) Mucosal bleeding and megakaryocytic hyperplasia occurred in all patients.
(19) The ideal prophylaxis should compensate for the undesired effects of an operation or injury on the coagulation system, without subjecting the patient to the danger of elevated tendency to bleed.
(20) A specific central vein catheter for puncture of the brachiocephalic vein has been developed which is provided with a valve by which air-embolism and unwanted bleeding from the catheter are eliminated.
Metrorrhagia
Definition:
(n.) Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hysterography and hysteroscopy have been compared in the diagnosis of endouterine benign pathology, in a group of 50 patients, complaining meno-metrorrhagia, sterility, infertility or amenorrhea.
(2) The most frequent clinical diagnosis was metrorrhagia dysfunctionalis (in 55 patients).
(3) It was considered unwise to treat amenorrhea with combined estrogens and progestagens because metrorrhagia ensued.
(4) The symptoms include metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, abdominal pain, singly or in combination.
(5) Results showed that after 2 years of use, the plain T device had a significantly lower rate of metrorrhagia than had been reported for any other contraceptive device.
(6) The contact hysteroscopy is considered as a valuable additional method for examination of women with metrorrhagia.
(7) Risk factors (obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus) for endometrial cancer were found in 38% of MB and in 20% of climacteric metrorrhagia.
(8) Positive direct-specimen fluorescein-conjugated monoclonal antibody test for C trachomatis results were associated with a past history of chlamydial infection, multiple sexual partners, sexual contact with men with urethritis, nonuse of condoms, metrorrhagia, exocervicitis, mucopurulent endocervical discharge, abnormal cervical cytologic features, and isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from the endocervix.
(9) The tumors were bulky polypoid masses producing metrorrhagia.
(10) Physiquens is also a perfect regulatory device of the cycle in the case of menorrhagia, metrorrhagia and irregular menstrual cycles connected with a hormonal insufficiency.
(11) Removal was prompted by acne, metrorrhagia, two or more medical complaints, menorrhagia, physical pain, tenderness at insertion site and spotting.
(12) Exploration of the blood residue from 30 senegalese women suffering from functional metrorrhagia led to hemostasis disruption, essentially connected with endogenous passage coagulation factors, being noted in 20% of the cases.
(13) Therapy produced amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea in 21 patients (84%) and 7 cases of chronic metrorrhagia were successfully controlled.
(14) Pain and metrorrhagia in women using IUDs are often the reason for removing the IUD.
(15) Metrorrhagia in its several forms has also been treated by oral contraceptives with some success.
(16) In 9 cases, the histological diagnosis was endometrial cancer (clinical indications: 5 PMB, 3 climacteric metrorrhagia, 1 recurrent preclimacteric metrorrhagia).
(17) Menstrual bleeding disorders were the most frequent reasons for discontinuing subcutaneous implant use and occurred more often among the levo-norgestrel patients (generally metrorrhagia and menorrhagia).
(18) The study group consisted of 40 IUD-wearing women, aged 26-46 years, suffering from metrorrhagia.
(19) Hysterectomy was carried out in 22 cases because of recurrence of metrorrhagia.
(20) Authors working in the department of gynaecology and obstetrics in the university hospital of Caen with non-pregnant, non-menopausal women who were followed-up for at least 2 years after curettage have been able to carry out a retrospective study of 102 curettage and biopsies carried out either for diagnosis or to lessen bleeding in cases of metrorrhagia, menorrhagia or menometrorrhagia.