(a.) Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the past, the interpretation of the medical findings was hampered by a lack of knowledge of normal anatomy and genital flora in the nonabused prepubertal child.
(2) There were 101 unwanted pregnancies, and 1 child was born with intersexual genitals.
(3) Groups of inbred female mice of strains CBA or C3H were infected genitally with a pathogenic human strain of Chlamydia trachomatis (N.I.1, serovar F) known to produce salpingitis and infertility in mice.
(4) By using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), we have developed a system for type-specific as well as universal detection of genital human papillomaviruses (HPVs).
(5) IgM antibody titres were not elevated in patients with non-genital herpes simplex, but in patients with herpes genitalis IgM antibodies to HSV type 2 increased to 4 times the normal values 2-4 weeks after infection.
(6) A very important point to consider in this context is the immunological situation in the female genital tract which is a target organ for sex hormones.
(7) We come to see that some traditions keep us grounded, but that, in our modern world, other traditions set us back.” Female genital mutilation (FGM) affects more than 130 million girls and women around the world.
(8) Patients suffering from genital disorders possess HSV type 2 antibodies at a rate significantly higher (p less than 0.001) than in the control group.
(9) Acyclovir is commonly used for suppression and treatment of recurrent genital herpes simplex virus and may be indicated for pregnant women with disseminated herpes.
(10) Tuberculosis of the cervix of the uterus is a rare form of genital tuberculosis.
(11) The IUD is contraindicated for women at increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases; sexual habits and especially occasional multiple partners are the single most important risk in the increased frequency of upper genital tract infections in IUD users.
(12) We present a patient whose genital warts were recalcitrant to treatment.
(13) The uterine osteosarcoma is the seventh case reported in the world, while it is the second case of synchronous triple primary tumors of the upper female genital tract.
(14) A total of 161 samples from genital sources were evaluated using two different methods for genital Mycoplasma isolation: inoculation to urea broth, arginine broth and A7 solid media (standard method) and a new enzymatic method (Mycoscreen Oxoid).
(15) The syndrome initially described by Behçet in 1937 comprised the triad of ocular inflammation, oral and genital ulcers.
(16) In 240 cases of genital ulcer disease among mineworkers in Carletonville, South Africa, this study endeavored to correlate the clinical diagnosis with laboratory findings.
(17) However, after the exclusion of cases with congenital abnormality association of low birth weight newborn infants and with genital anomalies of the male, the twin birth rate was 1.8 per cent.
(18) This paper has outlined the etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and management of genital herpes.
(19) Seven pregnant patients with genital carcinoma were treated with high voltage irradiation in combination with operation.
(20) UK Border Force officers have warned of an emerging trend of "cutters" flying into Britain to practise female genital mutilation (FGM).
Puberty
Definition:
(n.) The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females.
(n.) The period when a plant first bears flowers.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results do not support the view that in the rat pheromones from adult males enhance puberty in females, contrary to what is known to happen in the mouse.
(2) In contrast, idiopathic GH deficient girls have an onset of puberty and PHV nearer to a normal chronological age and at an early bone age.
(3) We report the treatment of 44 boys with constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) at a mean chronological age of 14.3 years (range, 12.4-17.1) and bone age of 12.1 years (range, 9.1-15.0).
(4) Four patients entered puberty during the first year of treatment.
(5) In girls and boys, the mean concentration of both gonadotropins increased with advancing puberty.
(6) Age at puberty (onset of cyclic progesterone concentrations) was greatest in heifers fed Diet 1 and lowest in heifers fed Diet 5.
(7) A 17-year-old boy who had been treated for insulin-dependent diabetes since age 2, and for coeliac disease since age 6, presented a major growth retardation (-6 SD), a delayed puberty and a hepatomegaly with excessive glycogen storage (Mauriac's syndrome).
(8) Adrenal androgens appear to be the major determinants of sebaceous gland activity during the prepubertal period and to be additive to another hormone or hormones during puberty.
(9) An investigation of the tissue distribution of CMB-2 showed that the puberty, CMB-2 is secreted into the rete testis and accumulates in the epididymis in high concentration.
(10) Seventeen of them showed a constitutional delay in growth and puberty, twenty-three suffered from growth-hormone deficiency (GHD) and eight had a suspected GHD as a result of pharmacological tests.
(11) This paper describes a case with symptomless enlarged submandibular glands, the bioptic findings which were suggesting the diagnosis of sialadenosis, the verification of the underlying disorder by child psychiatry, and the recuperation of the boy during puberty.
(12) Most of what is understood about precocious puberty in boys comes from boys with precocious puberty secondary to poorly controlled CAH.
(13) These and other data suggest that the sensitivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary "gonadostat" decreases at the onset of puberty.
(14) One possible explanation is that the bacteria associated with periodontal diseases cannot become established in great numbers prior to puberty.
(15) However, following puberty (i.e., by 60 days of age), the response in male rats was significantly greater than that observed in female rats.
(16) The development of signs of puberty and a growth spurt appearing at this late age clearly show the potential for maturation and growth once malnutrition is corrected.
(17) The progress of 108 children who were identified by the vision screening programme in school as having defective vision (excluding those with puberty onset myopia) was reviewed.
(18) Inhibin levels were high in prepubertal lambs (approximately 375 pM), but these levels were not sustained near the time of puberty (approximately 180 pM).
(19) Breast development is usually the first event of puberty and menarche virtually the last.
(20) It is hypothesized here that puberty in the rat is the consequence of the appearance of free, and therefore physiologically active, estrogen in the circulation.