What's the difference between impregnant and infertile?

Impregnant


Definition:

  • (n.) That which impregnates.
  • (a.) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The results of the study suggest that perhaps tobramycin of cefotaxime-impregnated PMMA beads would produce local levels of antibiotic high enough to sterilize a given dead space for a period of 28 days.
  • (2) The nerve endings in the heart of fishes were studied using silver impregnation techniques.
  • (3) The silver impregnated axons of these cells converge to a paired centrosuperficial tract forming terminal enlargements at the ventrolateral surface of the spinal cord.
  • (4) After fixation by perfusion, perikaryal neurofibrils were not impregnated in either newborn or old animals or in animals with facial nerve transection.
  • (5) The reason behind Burnham's impregnable new confidence may well also explain the coalition's eagerness to drive him on to the backbenches.
  • (6) Essential features are the use of reagent grade chemicals only, a pretreatment solution to ensure optimal impregnation of different organs from different animals and species, and an unvarying procedure.
  • (7) These cells were argyrophil with the silver impregnation method of Grimelius.
  • (8) In Golgi-Cox-impregnated coronal sections of albino rat brains at 1, 4, 26, 24, 30, 60 and 90 days it is presented the evolution of the spine-less, bare initial zone ("nude zone", NZ) at the proximal apical main dendrites of the layer V pyramidal neurons in the somatosensory and anterior limbie cortex.
  • (9) The epithelial surface is covered with adherent masses composed of desquamated and destroyed epithelial cells and leukocytes impregnated with proteins and penetrated by pseudomycelium.
  • (10) The use of cryostat and cryoprotective measures for processing Golgi impregnated brain tissue has shortened and simplified the method without loss of quality.
  • (11) was measured by the radioactive microsphere method in rats at different time intervals after the implantation of carrageenan-impregnated sponges.
  • (12) The distribution of neurofilament protein-triplet immunoreactivity also correlated with the distribution of staining observed with a silver impregnation method based on Bielschowsky.
  • (13) The author examined the basic structural elements of the aortic wall by means of histological and impregnation methods.
  • (14) SEM and TEM examinations suggested that dentinal collagen exposed by the etching but not entangled and impregnated by poly (4-META-co-MMA) easily deteriorated by water during the longer immersion.
  • (15) Total and partial meso-diencephalic transections and lesions of the central gray matter were performed to trace with the Fink--Heimer silver impregnation method the ascending brain stem pathways to the forebrain.
  • (16) By means of HPLC mono- and oligomeric carbohydrates are separated on silica, modified chemically with aminopropyl groups or impregnated in situ with an amine modifier (piperazine).
  • (17) Ovarian activity was controlled for synchronization of oestrus by using progestagen-impregnated intravaginal sponges and multiple ovulations were induced by using exogenous gonadotrophin therapy.
  • (18) By utilizing the gamma-emitting isotope of selenium, Se-(8-azidoadenosyl)[75Se]selenomethionine eliminates the need for the impregnation of acrylamide gels with fluorographic enhancers and dilution of liquid samples into scintillation cocktails, as is required with the commonly used methyl-3H-labeled and 35S-labeled S-(8-azidoadenosyl)methionine.
  • (19) Body mass and food intake increased substantially during pregnancy and lactation and the magnitude of the increase was unaffected by daylength; by contrast, body weight was significantly reduced in non-impregnated voles kept in short as compared to long days.
  • (20) In silver-impregnated sternocleidomastoid muscles of the young adult rat, we measured synaptic parameters such as nerve terminal length, the number of branching points of terminal arborization, and muscle fiber diameter, and used a morphometric approach to explore specific questions concerning neuromuscular remodelling.

Infertile


Definition:

  • (a.) Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Since the advance and return of sperm inside the tubes could facilitate the interaction of sperm with secretions participating in its maturation, the persistent infertility after vasectomy could be related to the contractile alteration that follows the excessive tubal distention.
  • (2) A segment of vas deferens was transplanted to the contralateral deferens with the intention of improving treatment for certain cases of infertility caused by obstruction.
  • (3) The success in these two infertile patients who had already undergone lengthy psychotherapy is promising.
  • (4) 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.
  • (5) Most survivors reported a range of problems that they attributed to having had cancer: 35%, proven or perceived infertility; 24%, sexual problems; 31%, health and life insurance problems; 26%, a negative socioeconomic effect; and 51%, conditioned nausea, associated with visual or olfactory reminders of chemotherapy.
  • (6) Following the hypothesis that infertile patients may present emotional conflicts with regard to the wish of having a child, psychodynamic interviews were carried out with 116 infertile couples concomitantly with their first consultation at the Sterility Department.
  • (7) C trachomatis is a well known cause of cervicitis and salpingitis and is consequently a major factor in infertility.
  • (8) Despite use of surgical adjuvants, pelvic adhesions frequently develop following infertility surgery.
  • (9) By contrast, all the semen samples that fertilized oocytes showed a 60% or higher reaction in the hypoosmotic swelling test, whereas the majority of the "infertile" semen samples showed less than 60% swelling.
  • (10) A total of 140 women who had anovulatory endometrium among 1036 patients who had a clinical diagnosis of primary infertility, over a 5 yr period were studied.
  • (11) The varicocele, present in many of the male partners of infertile couples continues to generate controversy, particularly as related to its diagnosis and pathophysiology.
  • (12) Sequelae include infertility, pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, and perinatal infection.
  • (13) The authors have reassessed the anatomic distribution of ectopic endometrium by the laparoscopic study of the location of implants, adhesions, and uterine position in 182 consecutive patients with infertility and endometriosis.
  • (14) 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.
  • (15) Selection for treatment resulted in imbalance between the groups: the treated couples had a longer mean duration of infertility (48 vs. 36 months), and were more likely to have had a laparoscopy as part of the investigation (72% vs. 48%).
  • (16) The results obtained by our laboratory using the optimized assay described herein demonstrate that this test can play an important role in the evaluation of an infertile man.
  • (17) Dopamine agonist Bromocriptin tablet has been used in 102 cases, partly for the inhibition of puerperal lactation, partly for the treatment of infertility accompanied by hyperprolactinaemia.
  • (18) The study included patients with long-standing (2-11 years) unexplained infertility with a negative or reduced GH response to clonidine (up to 150 micrograms of clonidine orally).
  • (19) The incidence of Chlamydia infection and factors associated with it in 193 women consulting for infertility was analyzed in comparison with 210 matched controls.
  • (20) Adverse effects are mostly those related to hormone withdrawal, namely, impotence, infertility, and lassitude.

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